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Astronauts cannot pick their nicknames and can only get their nicknames from other astronauts. Any astronaut who tries to give himself a cool nickname will regret it by getting just the opposite from his astronaut friends.

— Michael J. Massimino

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Sometimes a nickname is used instead of the real name. But a nickname may offend either the one named or the parents who gave the name.

— Russell M. Nelson

There's nothing more frustrating than when fans use a nickname. That's like people you don't know using names from people that you're intimate with. Like if my mom has a nickname and a fan finds it out and starts using it, that's creepy.

— Evangeline Lilly

I love nicknames. It makes me feel loved. It makes me feel less alone in this world.

— Ellen Page

I remember growing up thinking that astronauts and their job was the coolest thing you could possibly do... But I absolutely couldn't identify with the people who were astronauts. I thought they were movie stars.

— David M. Brown

When you look at a lot of the military histories, and even modern military history, everyone pretty much refers to each other by nicknames.

— Pierce Brown

I've never given myself a nickname.

— Genesis Rodriguez

You're not allowed to give yourself a nickname. This holds true in life as well as in poker.

— Richard Roeper

Nicknames are the most essential in life, more valuable than names.

— Chespirito

Astronauts are like these mythic legends, but really, they are just regular people, people who wear chinos.

— Mary Roach

I nicknamed everyone in the gym. It was easier than remembering their names.

— Joe Gold

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