who was the fool who was tasked with naming the galaxy and the only adjective they could think of was âmmmmmmmmmmmmilkyâŚâ
scientist: (gazing up at space) scientist: âŚâŚâŚ.. it sure is a milky boyÂ
NO
YOU DONT UNDERSTAND
ASTRONOMERS ARE THE SHITTIEST EVER AT NAMING THINGS I KID YOU NOT.
When it came time to name the two theoretical particle types that might be dark matter THEY INTENTIONALLY CHOSE THE NAMES SO THAT THE ACRONYMS WOULD SPELL âWIMPSâ AND âMACHOSâ I SHIT YOU NOT
THEY ARE FUCKING TERRIBLE AT NAMING ANYTHING
I just listened to a talk by Neil deGrasse Tyson himself LAST NIGHT and he went on about this more than once.
âIâm walking down the street and Iâm like âooh pretty rockâŚâ and some Geologist is like âactually, thatâs anorthosite feldsparâ and Iâm like âNevermind, I donât want it anymore.â Any biologists in the audience? [some clapping] Yeah, you know what Iâm talking about. The most important molecule in the human body, what did you name it? It has NINE SYLLABLES and itâs so long that even YOU GUYS abbreviate it as âDNAâ!
But astrophysicists and astronomers? No, man, we call it like we see it. Star made of neutrons? NEUTRON STAR. Small white star? WHITE DWARF. You know that big red spot on Jupiter? Know what we called it? JUPITERâS RED SPOT.â
okay iâm glad you mentioned the biologist nonsense bc their naming methods are the bane of my existence
I see your astrophysicists-are-shit-at-names and raise you Marine-Biologists-Are-Fucking-Maniacs.
See this beautiful creature?
Itâs a carnivorous deep-sea sponge that lives off of Easter Island and never sees the light of day, as itâs about 9000 feet down. Those delicate-looking orbs are covered in millions of tiny hooked spines, which latch onto anything unfortunate enough to bump into it, and hold it in place as it is digested alive by the spongeâs skin. Â Amazing, beautiful and profoundly creepy. Â They could have given it so many cool names. Â Could have drawn on mythology (I think Scylla would have been an appropriate reference), the region it was found in, the textured skin, PHAGOCYTOSIS, anything! Â
You wanna know what they called it?
PING-PONG TREE SPONGE.
Good job, marine biologists.
Itâs a great name and you need to leave if you think otherwise





















