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jls4561

(2,853 posts) Sat Jan 17, 2026, 03:07 PM 16 hrs ago

And for those of you interested in the lifestyles of the rich and facist...

Larry Ellison, whose son is currently doing to CBS what Musk did to Twitter has renamed his new yacht. It was supposedly named after a Shinto goddess, but fellow sailors was pointed out that the name “Izanami” spelled backwards is “I’m a Nazi”.

https://boingboing.net/2026/01/15/ellisons-yacht-name-spelled-im-a-nazi-backwards.html

No word yet on whether Drumph will rename his golf cart, which he fondly refers to as “Odepami”.

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And for those of you interested in the lifestyles of the rich and facist... (Original Post) jls4561 16 hrs ago OP

Izanami lapfog_1 16 hrs ago #1

Sorry. I have corrected the spelling. Also, thanks for the information on the Japanese deities. jls4561 16 hrs ago #3

Trump should name his plane Delarage 16 hrs ago #2

This supposedly happened in 1999 cojoel 16 hrs ago #4

If Nepobaby doesn't have an extensive Shinto or Anime/Manga collection... haele 16 hrs ago #5

"lifestyles of the rich and facist" Alice Kramden 16 hrs ago #6

Trump will probably make his favorite golf cart a U.S. senator nuxvomica 14 hrs ago #7

An oldie, but a goodie! RetiredParatrooper 13 hrs ago #8

It's the same going forward as when it goes backward. Kid Berwyn 13 hrs ago #9

lapfog_1

(31,709 posts)

1. Izanami

Reply to jls4561 (Original post)

Sat Jan 17, 2026, 03:11 PM

16 hrs ago

Izanami and Izanagi are held to be the creators of the Japanese archipelago and the progenitors of many deities, which include the sun goddess Amaterasu.

jls4561

(2,853 posts)

3. Sorry. I have corrected the spelling. Also, thanks for the information on the Japanese deities.

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 17, 2026, 03:20 PM

16 hrs ago

Delarage

(2,540 posts)

2. Trump should name his plane

Reply to jls4561 (Original post)

Sat Jan 17, 2026, 03:13 PM

16 hrs ago

Aciremakuf to keep up with the theme.

cojoel

(1,021 posts)

4. This supposedly happened in 1999

Reply to jls4561 (Original post)

Sat Jan 17, 2026, 03:28 PM

16 hrs ago

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-883627

In 1999, Ellison, then No. 23 on Forbes’ billionaires list, well on his way to his No. 4 ranking today, purchased a boat called Izanami.

Originally built for a Japanese businessman, the 191-foot superyacht was named for a Shinto deity. But Ellison soon realized what the name read backwards: “I’m a Nazi.”

“Izanami and Izanagi are the names of the two Shinto deities that gave birth to the Japanese islands, or so legend has it,” Ellison said in “Softwar,” a 2013 biography. “When the local newspapers started pointing out that Izanami was ‘I’m a Nazi’ spelled backward, I had the choice of explaining Shintoism to the reporters at the San Francisco Chronicle or changing the name of the boat.” He renamed the boat Ronin and later sold it.