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jls4561

(2,879 posts) Sat Jan 17, 2026, 03:07 PM Jan 17

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 Jan 17 OP

Izanami lapfog_1 Jan 17 #1

Sorry. I have corrected the spelling. Also, thanks for the information on the Japanese deities. jls4561 Jan 17 #3

Trump should name his plane Delarage Jan 17 #2

This supposedly happened in 1999 cojoel Jan 17 #4

If Nepobaby doesn't have an extensive Shinto or Anime/Manga collection... haele Jan 17 #5

"lifestyles of the rich and facist" Alice Kramden Jan 17 #6

Trump will probably make his favorite golf cart a U.S. senator nuxvomica Jan 17 #7

An oldie, but a goodie! RetiredParatrooper Jan 17 #8

It's the same going forward as when it goes backward. Kid Berwyn Jan 17 #9

lapfog_1

(31,729 posts)

1. Izanami

Reply to jls4561 (Original post)

Sat Jan 17, 2026, 03:11 PM

Jan 17

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

(2,879 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

Jan 17

Delarage

(2,542 posts)

2. Trump should name his plane

Reply to jls4561 (Original post)

Sat Jan 17, 2026, 03:13 PM

Jan 17

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

Jan 17

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.