@duodec Yeah, but SHADO wasn’t evil. They were the good guys, weren’t they? Or am I remembering it wrong?
When I was a kid, I loved that show, especially the sub-launched interceptor. I recently rewatched a bunch of them and somehow they are not as good as I remember them being.
@sammydog01 I was going to say that, but according to Wikipedia KAOS doesn’t actually stand for anything. It seemed like a perfectly good acronym to me.
USA PATRIOT. Because there is no way in hell they came up with the title first and then were like “Oh, hey, that spells USA PATRIOT!” Which means some person was paid money to sit there and think of an appropriately stupid thing that USA PATRIOT could possibly stand for. And they did it.
I just read the OP more carefully and realized it said “evil” so in this case it would be THRUSH Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity
What you do at night in your bedroom is your business. However, I’ll be content knowing that you have a question about if you should be able to sleep at night knowing there’s no canonical answer.
@Boiler3k Yes from what I have heard they thought that since Chaos meant mayhem and was the opposite of Control they would change the spelling and use that. They were never meant to be acronyms.
SHADO
Supreme Headquarters, Alien Defence Organisation,
@duodec Yeah, but SHADO wasn’t evil. They were the good guys, weren’t they? Or am I remembering it wrong?
When I was a kid, I loved that show, especially the sub-launched interceptor. I recently rewatched a bunch of them and somehow they are not as good as I remember them being.
@duodec Damn, outed. Human meatsack, your time will come.
@2many2no
Add in:
@2many2no @f00l also:
/image GFY
KAOS
@sammydog01 Ah, “Get Smart” is the best show in the world, ever.
@sammydog01 I was going to say that, but according to Wikipedia KAOS doesn’t actually stand for anything. It seemed like a perfectly good acronym to me.
@heartny Yeah, but they said it was supposed to be an acronym but the writers got lazy. I’m gonna count it.
EVIL (Every Villain Is Lemons)
LOVEMUFFIN - The League Of Villainous Evildoers Maniacally United For Frightening Investments in Naughtiness
@SpenceMan01
@SpenceMan01 Foreboding yet comforting
@SpenceMan01 I was going to say OWCA. -The Organization Without a Cool Acronym.
@SpenceMan01 And don’t forget LOVEMUFFIN’s nemesis: OWCA - the Organization Without a Cool Acronym
@SpenceMan01 Yiss. If someone didn’t mention LOVEMUFFIN I was gonna move to Detroit
@zachdecker I promise your “OWCA” wasn’t there when I began typing
EVIL - Every Villain Is Lemons
Cute adorable terrorizer
TLA
Every Single One
CIA, NSA, FBI, DIA, NRO, DISA (trust me, it still qualifies).
I’ll stop there. For now.
@Shrdlu don’t forget DARPA.
@Shrdlu you forgot to mention the worst of the TLAs. The TSA. shudder
@Shrdlu
What, you don’t want the Thought Police to know everything about you? Are you a thought-criminal or commie or something?
Come to the Ministry Of Love. Ask for Room 101. You’ll feel better soon.
@f00l Well, now that you mention it…
USA PATRIOT. Because there is no way in hell they came up with the title first and then were like “Oh, hey, that spells USA PATRIOT!” Which means some person was paid money to sit there and think of an appropriately stupid thing that USA PATRIOT could possibly stand for. And they did it.
I was going to say Hydra but it turns out, that’s not an acronym.
The Evil League of Evil. It’s not much of an acronym but I don’t care because evil. And Joss Whedon.
Not sure what it stands for… and it wasn’t always evil… but…
Everyone who picked an option that isn’t from Calvin & Hobbes is wrong.
@jqubed
STFU
SMERSH
Wow, am I going to date myself- but… U.N.C.L.E. (United Network Command for Law and Enforcement)
I just read the OP more carefully and realized it said “evil” so in this case it would be THRUSH Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity
@readnj
Well those against U.N.C.L.E would find them evil.
@PlacidPenguin
It’s not possible to be against U.N.C.L.E. unless you had been corrupted by T.H.R.U.S.H.
The U.N.C.L.E. agents were too good-looking and too much fun.
@f00l And all the ladies the agents hung around with were hawt
/youtube Man from UNCLE: The Girls
@compunaut some pretty famous ladies in that list. I had forgotten that.
Where the hell did COBRA get all its funding?
@kevlar51 according to marvel canon it was pyramid schemes…
I spent too long trying to find the definitive answer to what MAD stands for in Inspector Gadget.
@dave
Yay internet.
@PlacidPenguin Yeah, but am I supposed to sleep at night knowing there’s no canonical answer?
@dave
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
What you do at night in your bedroom is your business. However, I’ll be content knowing that you have a question about if you should be able to sleep at night knowing there’s no canonical answer.
MEH.
@PlacidPenguin 5 stars
I would go with KAOS form Get Smart if it was actually an acronym. TLA is my favorite Three Letter Acronym
@Boiler3k Yes from what I have heard they thought that since Chaos meant mayhem and was the opposite of Control they would change the spelling and use that. They were never meant to be acronyms.
@readnj Wikipedia disagrees with you- skip to the section labelled KAOS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Smart