So apparently some aliens are hurtling through interstellar space, straight for Earth, in a giant red cigar...
I for one welcome our interstellar travelling overlords, but let's at least learn to pronounce their names before we meet them. Unfortunately, scientists have a pretty good sense of humor, even when it comes to our total annihilation, and have dubbed the mysterious object ... OUMUAMUA, for some fucked up reason.
Roy Gal on Soundcloud clears up confusion. Apparently, it is pronounced like "ooooooh ... mwah mwah".. or in txt spk: OXX
or in meme speak:
Of course, more likely, it will turn out to be a big lump of carbon, in which case, they should have just called it, "big lump of carbon", but where's the fun in that I guess? Also of great concern to me, if it turns out to be a lump of rock and not travelling aliens, then I will have abused the #travel hashtag on this post. This shit keeps me up at night. Why can't life be simple?
More:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ʻOumuamua
https://news.sky.com/story/oumuamua-mysterious-interstellar-object-probed-for-signs-of-alien-life-11167415