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happy leap rule!! 🎊 (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 8 months ago by outer_spec@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 105 points 8 months ago (2 children)

"In English, we don't have a word for spicy" - Neil touchgrass Tyson at a linguistics conference.

I'm starting to suspect that being good at astrophysics doesn't mean you're automatically the best at everything else too.

[–] superb@lemmy.blahaj.zone 51 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Is that a real quote? I’m starting to think Neil is actually hilarious and we’re all missing the joke

[–] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 29 points 8 months ago (1 children)

He haa talked on podcasts before how he enjoys trolling on twitter, I can't say for sure the OP image is trolling or him being a dork

[–] AnAngryAlpaca@feddit.de 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"I was just trolling" - a 12 year old after he realizes he just said something stupid.

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago

As if trolling isn't a real thing that people do?

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 14 points 8 months ago

No, but I had to google it to make sure

[–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 8 months ago

I think it was some panel about conlangs? (the inventor of Dothraki was there too). I wish I could find it again.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Piquant