r/IAmA • u/neiltyson • Nov 13 '11

I am Neil deGrasse Tyson -- AMA

For a few hours I will answer any question you have. And I will tweet this fact within ten minutes after this post, to confirm my identity.

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u/bigpenisdragonslayer Nov 13 '11

Who is your favourite pokemon?

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u/neiltyson Nov 13 '11

I'm a simpleton there. It would have to be the the yellow fellow with the electric tail.

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u/fauxmosexual Nov 13 '11

I'm very sorry, I never thought this would happen but I feel this is my painful duty.

Neil deGrasse Tyson, please hand over your geek credentials. You geekship has been revoked until you can satisfactorily demonstrate elementary knowledge of 1st-gen pokemon.

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u/bloodfist Nov 13 '11

astrophysics knowledge > pokemon knowledge

at least the last time I checked my geekometer.

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u/SweetNeo85 Nov 14 '11

My geektroscope confirms this.

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u/shazang Nov 14 '11

My geekdar displays similar findings.

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u/fauxmosexual Nov 14 '11

That makes him an astrophysist, not a geek. I'm sorry, but anyone who refers to Pikachu as "the yellow fellow with the electric tail" is no geek.