Neil deGrasse Tyson is having a pretty rough year on Twitter so far. America’s most famous astrophysicist was, until fairly recently, beloved as the apparent heir to Carl Sagan. Fans seemed to see him as an avatar of science itself, cheering him on as he used Twitter to challenge regressive policies, rigorously question belief, and proper common delusions. It seems people lost patience when Tyson started utilizing his” well, actually” schtick to movies and Tv, and among Twitter jokesters, his name has now come stand in for pedantry and overcorrection.
Bad Physic in #GameOfThrones: Pulling a dragon out of a lake? Chains need to be straight, and not curve over hill and dale. pic.twitter.com/ VIJlIuDz3L
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@ neiltyson) September 24, 2017
In the first month of 2018 alone, there have been a dozen good viral tweets skewering Tyson’s tendency to correct even the most trivial ephemera. His new image as depleting schoolmaster seemed to be supplanted his old science hero persona. It’s a bummer for NDT but a treat for anyone who likes jokes. Or anyone who’s still irrationally bitter over the whole Pluto-not-being-a-planet thing.
The Tyson jokes started in January with a tweet starring a mommy who didn’t know who Neil deGrasse Tyson was. Or what Hidden Figures was. This wasn’t precisely about Tyson’s Twitter persona, but it was still damn funny.
Me and my mama recognized Neil DeGrasse Tyson at the airport and I told her “he’s likely the most famous scientist right now and he’s black so that’s tight” and she goes “oh is he one of them hidden figures? ”
— Yassir Lester (@ Yassir_Lester) January 2, 2018
For the record: It is tight that Tyson, a Black man, is the most famous scientist right now. No one “wouldve been” taunting him if he weren’t a hugely popular, successful role model. To make fun of his tone is to acknowledge that everyone( well, except Yassir Lester’s mom) knows who he is and what he sounds like. The tweets aren’t malicious–they’re more a reflection of letdown in Tyson’s transition from Science God to Trivia Know-It-All.
That being said, here are some popular tweets making fun of his tone 
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* neil degrasse tyson voice* if countries around the world was made of amber everyone would die
— the voice of a generation (@ mrdaddymanphd) January 8, 2018
DOG 1: hey u know how sometimes ur human has a ball
DOG 2: ya
DOG 1: sometimes mine hurls the ball, but then magically it’s back in his hand!
DOG 2: omg
DOG 1: I know
NEIL DEGRASSE DOG: actually— KT NELSON (@ KrangTNelson) January 22, 2018
water can not have a shape, unless it is ice, the movie should be called “Ice Movie”
— Simon Maloy (@ SimonMaloy) January 24, 2018
i detest the shower rat and i can’t waiting til neil degrasse tyson comes out and explains he’s doing it because he’s horny or racist or something
— lucy valentine (@ LucyXIV) January 30, 2018
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON:
TEACHER:
— Abbie Evans (@ AbbieEvansXO) January 26, 2018
DAD: goodnight moon
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON:* smiles*
DAD: goodnight cow jump-start over the moon
NDT: now wait a second
— Alien Skier (@ ClichedOut) January 29, 2018
Upcoming actor: “My first movie is a hit !! I’m gonna become a sun !!! “
Neil Degrasse Tyson: “Uhhh actually a sun is birth from gravitational instability within a molecular cloud, caused by regions of higher density- often triggered by compressing of clouds by radiation from ma”
— James (@ NitroRad) January 29, 2018
Here’s the gag in its purest sort. It doesn’t matter what you’re about to say, you’re wrong, for some reason.
Me: I…
Neil DeGrasse Tyson:( sets his finger on my lips)
No.— Ricki Tarr (@ ShootyDoody) January 25, 2018
Once the Tyson joke tendency had become a gradually bubbling meme, Tyson walked right into it. He described his compulsion to set everyone straight as a” mic drop” and got hit with some very funny” actually …” responses.
actually it’s gravitation that makes the mic drop-off not you neil https :// t.co/ O46PCC4Vg6
— ajajajajajajaj mangas y dobstep por favor (@ sexualjumanji) January 26, 2018
: actually, the sonic amplification machine would not be “dropping on my ass”, but simply exerting a reciprocal army of attractivenes between itself& the earth, “my ass” only serving as an obstruction to the “mic” on its pilgrimage towards the earth’s surface https :// t.co/ achOMjneu4
— dominique stan (@ uglyflackojodye) January 27, 2018
Actually Neil, what you’re referring to as “mic drop” is actually a “mic pull, ” as the centrifugal army of the Earth’s rotation creates a gravitational pull that outlines the mic closer to its center rather than objectively “down” in a euclidean sense.
— McDoogle (@ McDoogle5 23) January 26, 2018
* exceedingly Neil deGrasse Tyson voice* Well, actually, what’s happening here is that people love to see science explained to their creationist, climate-change-denying political opponents, but they are less happy to see their favorite science-fictional recreations criticized. We’re all fairweather Tyson devotees in a sense. When he’s on our side, he’s great. When he’s ruining Gravity, we can’t wait for the buzzer to echoing so we can be dismissed from class.
That’s not to say that Tyson doesn’t have his champions. After all, billions of people still follow him on Twitter. And some of them even find his nitpicking endearing.
But that’s his charm
— Mark (@ Markurrito) January 30, 2018
Why tf do people get so pissy when Neil deGrasse Tyson runs “hey that science thing in the movie you like? Here’s how it actually works” like he’s not shitting on the movie he’s merely applying popular culture as a pathway to teach u about science that’s what instructors do
— Pacific Tim (@ Timmy_TidalWave) January 28, 2018
Whichever side you’re on, I hope we all learned something here today.
Read more: https :// www.dailydot.com/ unclick/ neil-degrasse-tyson-meme /
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