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Hes actually a pretty cool dude (i.imgur.com)

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[–]smellslikegelfling 73 points74 points ago

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He's going to break it open in an attempt to extract the sweet, sweet science.

[–]skeksi 3 points4 points ago

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mmmMMMMMmmmm!!!

[–]smellslikegelfling 1 point2 points ago

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Stop whimpering!

Hahaha. One of my favorite scenes. Especially the part where they do the trial by stone.

[–]smellslikegelfling 0 points1 point ago

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Oh and by the way, Skeksis has an "s" on the end. There is no difference in singular or plural I think.

[–]bluegender03 -1 points0 points ago

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What the fuck am I seeing????

[–][deleted] ago

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[–]turtal46 17 points18 points ago

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Go to your room.

[–]smellslikegelfling 6 points7 points ago*

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This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you.

Downvote

Edit: I lied. Apparently, it's going to hurt you a lot more than it hurts me.

[–]Blue-Star 3 points4 points ago

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I'm not mad.

Just disappointed.

[–]_BearGrylls_ 3 points4 points ago

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ಠ_ಠ

[–]Iamametameta 0 points1 point ago

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I'm so, so sorry.

[–]omg_cornfields 0 points1 point ago

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ah fuck it.

[–]thunderdome 17 points18 points ago

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When I was a kid and still watched his show all the time, my father met him in an airport terminal. He couldn't resist talking to one of his son's favorite television figures, so he ended up having a conversation with Bill about science and the future of education and stuff. At the end he got an autograph and I was pretty pleased as a 10 year old.

My father said he seemed like a real nice guy, so I'm not sure what all these douche comments are talking about.

[–]moronalert 8 points9 points ago

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Nice try, Bill.

[–]megor 2 points3 points ago

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Bill Bill Bill!

[–]AgentMull 0 points1 point ago

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That voice is off the Farnsworth scale!

[–][deleted] 37 points38 points ago*

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I only know one person who has met him, and they said he was an asshole and very arrogant. I don't know if it's true or not, but that's what they said and I don't see why they'd make that up.

EDIT: not that there's anything wrong with that.

[–]javacodeguy 18 points19 points ago

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During college I was in two lectures he "taught." Both times he was really funny and had no problems with most of the class wanting to take silly pics with him after the class.

I think it just depends on the situation. If he's just walking around town I'm sure he doesn't want people bothering him. But if he's at his Alma Mater giving a lecture I'm sure he doesn't care and will be a lot nicer.

[–]yourmightyruler 7 points8 points ago

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This.

I saw Bill Nye a couple of weeks ago here at CU Boulder, and he gave a presentation about the energy crisis and the environment.

During Q&A, the event organizer said that there wouldn't be any further questions. It looked like Bill was a little ticked, and explained how there are more students that want to ask him questions, and said, "No, MORE questions!"

[–]qqqqo 12 points13 points ago

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I have heard the very opposite; he is quite amicable when approached in a polite and appropriate context.

He's just a private person who lost his patience for rabid fans years ago.

[–]Liefx 21 points22 points ago

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I've always heard this too from people that met him.

[–]SlumpBuster 8 points9 points ago

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my roommate, lets call him josh, met Bill Nye yesterday at a science convention for teachers in the bay area. i think the actual location was in san francisco.

anyways, to agree with Umphreak, josh said he was very rude and kind of an asshole. he cut him off when walking through the door for starters. josh was going to say something but then realized it was Bill Nye the mutha fuckin' science guy. so instead of being rude, josh instead asked if he could get his picture taken with him.

the interaction went down like this. "hey, you are Billy Nye right? i am a really big fan of yours and was wondering if i could get a picture to show my students tomorrow." bill nye's reactions went a little something like this, "Calm down... take a deep breath. i am busy right now so i can't take a picture."

now that would have been a proper reaction had he not been in a huge conference room that could easily seat 100 people but instead had only 15 people in it. after Bill had said that to josh, bill proceeded to sit down and wait 10 minutes for the speaker to start. so he really wasn't busy at all.

tl;dr: bill nye is kind of an asshole just like umphreak said.

[–]xander787 0 points1 point ago

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To be fair, I would start getting very annoyed when people constantly asked for pictures with me.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Not Unrelated

[–][deleted] -4 points-3 points ago

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You know what though? I don't even care.

I can be an asshole sometimes, and I'm definitely arrogant. That doesn't mean that I'm not awesome, and it doesn't mean Bill Nye isn't awesome. I have lots of friends that are arrogant assholes, I'd probably get along with Mr. Nye just fine.

[–]Alpha9er5 11 points12 points ago

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There was a kid in my graded school named Kyle Frye, and anytime we watched Bill Nye we would sing Bill Nye loves Kyle Frye during the intro.

[–]jonessodaholic 1 point2 points ago

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That's why his brother Cameron was so damaged.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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go on...

[–]rufioherpderp 2 points3 points ago

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biscuits are better.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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If I wanted to hear bad lyrics and muddy/distorted bass, I'd poke holes in my subwoofer and play Wappy Sprayberry.

tDB are only good if you are spun out on drugs. And it's a stretch even then.

[–]upperblue 1 point2 points ago

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Actually, it kinda does mean you're not awesome.

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points ago

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Oh I'm awesome, trust me.

[–]jdsamford 0 points1 point ago

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But you're not seen as awesome and inspirational by thousands of children. Celebrities need to be held to higher standards.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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But you're not seen as awesome and inspirational by thousands of children

C'mon man, give me some credit.

[–]slowbot 4 points5 points ago

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Ive heard this too from people around town. I guess people stopping you to remind you that youre the 'science guy' can get to you.

[–]Wayneknight 4 points5 points ago

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(I've posted this before) Met Bill Nye at a museum, I had to give some presentation for a class, he was walking by and he stopped and listened to the whole thing with a smile. Even asked me some questions after. Really nice guy.

[–]TadMC 0 points1 point ago

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Serious Question: How did you not shit yourself?

[–]14_88 1 point2 points ago*

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I don't believe he said he didn't.

[–]TadMC 1 point2 points ago

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Thats true. So soiling ones self can never be ruled out of any story unless explicitly stated. Interesting, This will make it much more interesting when I ask someone how their day went.

[–]snoogansomg 10 points11 points ago

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Yeah, by all accounts he's a huge dick. The chem teacher at my high school apparently used to be good friends with him, and he had nothing but bad things to say about him.

[–]Polatrite 22 points23 points ago

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Those are the best kind of good friends.

[–]snoogansomg 4 points5 points ago

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well, y'know, "used to be"

they had a falling-out of some kind

[–]starthirteen 9 points10 points ago

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And we all know, the most impartial judges of character are those on the other end of a falling out.

[–][deleted] ago

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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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http://i.imgur.com/0MCJc.jpg

[–]SlayerConman 1 point2 points ago

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He might be a huge dick because all of his good friends were even bigger dicks apparently.

[–]snoogansomg 1 point2 points ago

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well sure, but there's two sides to each story

[–]SlayerConman 4 points5 points ago

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Exactly.

[–]snoogansomg 1 point2 points ago

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I like what you did there.

I fear I'm not clever enough to continue this conversation. An upvote to you, sir.

[–]jammbin 2 points3 points ago

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At a speaking event for a university he was a pretty big jerk. He was paid a lot of money to come and after wards some people had the chance to meet him (under 25 people) and he basically refused to take pictures and insulted some of the regents (not that big of a deal but it looks pretty bad on the students who brought him there). It's not really a big deal that he comes off as a jerk, but you would think if he didn't like people wanting to meet him, etc he wouldn't do public appearances. Also, the irony is that a few years before Karl Rove came to speak and he was a very polite and nice person and went out of his way to help coordinate, etc, so I guess you never really know.

[–]dkdl 1 point2 points ago

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Yea, he's come to my college before, and I heard multiple people saying that he's actually a douche.

The only concrete story I've heard is on Reddit (however much reliability you want to give to it), but apparently a group of first graders saw him outside their classroom, got very excited and finally convinced their teacher to take them out to meet him. When the teacher approached him, he'd have none of it and made every single one of the kids march back to their classroom.

[–]slipnslider 0 points1 point ago

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I've heard the exact same thing. One of my friends back in the 5th grade was actually on his show for one episode.

[–]godlesspinko 0 points1 point ago

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A friend of mine was a neighbor of his in Seattle, and she confirms he is a cranky fuck IRL.

[–]japhyryder28 0 points1 point ago

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NOW YOU KNOW!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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A friend of mine had a similar experience with him.

[–]joshterrible 0 points1 point ago

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When I was 9 years old I was very into science, collected rocks, went to museums, pretended to explain my father's marine biology studies and all other sorts of activities that naturally get you laid if carried over into high school.

I was a big fan of Bill Nye, his show and even found myself recreating experiments (or at least pretending to ) in my backyard to the best of my abilities. On a field trip in Boston a few years later a group of us saw him coming towards us in passing on a crosswalk, I stopped to introduce myself and thank him.

Before the "th-" sound could get out of my mouth he told me to fuck off. Asshole? Confirmed.

[–]Throat -1 points0 points ago

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Came to speak at my university and came off as a dickhead. I didn't care though.

[–]sgveteran 13 points14 points ago

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I worked on the Stargate franchise for 15 years, BNTSG was like having a rockstar pay us a visit. Very cool guy.

[–]krotork 10 points11 points ago

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Firstly: Welcome to Reddit! Secondly: You should do an iAMA. Considering your profession and experience, I would imagine there are many interesting stories to tell.

[–]lemonsqueezy 6 points7 points ago

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Awesome guy! Had the pleasure of meeting him last spring, he's a really nice guy and actually very funny.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Was it at an event of some kind, or just chance?

[–]lemonsqueezy 0 points1 point ago

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It was actually at the Edison Challenge awards event. My younger sister took part last year and he spoke at the event and actually walked around and talked to people/took pictures with anyone who was brave enough to go up to him.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Awesome!

[–]pib 14 points15 points ago

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I was excited when they had him on Stargate: Atlantis.

[–]lulzitsareddit 12 points13 points ago

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Along with Neil deGrasse Tyson too.

[–]joshhammock 8 points9 points ago

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Opened this link and this is the first thing I saw. My morning is over.

[–]Aradon 8 points9 points ago

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And Jewel Staite!

[–]pib 1 point2 points ago

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Oh yeah, I forgot he was in that episode, too!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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lol what dicks :)

[–]optimisticatheist -1 points0 points ago

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Happy reddit birthday!

[–]dzimmerman86 4 points5 points ago

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He is a cool dude. Some coworkers and I stayed at the same hotel as him and getting a hello from him and his production crew pretty much made our week. Easily the best time I've had at my current job.

[–]thepurplechair 8 points9 points ago

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A friend of my mom's dated him for a little while. Apparently the "nice" thing is a front, and he's actually hugely arrogant and an asshole.

But, then again, I think that was in the 90s.... he may have mellowed out since the height of his popularity.

[–]VitalyO 4 points5 points ago

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I actually heard this too, that he is/was a super dick.

[–]SlayerConman 5 points6 points ago

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I heard that he stole thepurplechair's friend after dating his mom and spirited him off to the woods where he and his windigo brethren ate him and fashioned his bones into a crude windchime to ward off angels.

[–]Mysticcal 4 points5 points ago

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As much as I like him, growing up and having the intro sing "Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill!" was incredibly embarrassing as a kid with the same name.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Shoulda gone with Will.

[–]Mysticcal 1 point2 points ago

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I do now.

Shit was traumatizing.

[–]ghthor 0 points1 point ago

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God, being nicknamed bill was horrible. I got "Wild Bill" all the time. My 8th grade band teacher nicknamed me Will, that had never dawned on me as a possibility and I've used it ever since.

Though my younger cousins now enjoy pissing me off by calling me "Wet Willy"; the rage!!!!!

[–]breadbedman 2 points3 points ago

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He came to my school and he gave a speech and I met him in person afterwards. A very brilliant and nice man. He's the kind of symbol we need to get kids interested in science and math.

[–]Geodyssey 2 points3 points ago*

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This meter would read: 5 2 5 8 X right to left (the left most dial is illegible)

I used to be able to do this from 10 meters away while walking briskly or from 30+ meters while driving by in my truck and using a scope. Fuck yeah summer jobs!

Edit Also: Me and Bill

[–]Heartnotes 0 points1 point ago

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He kind of looks like he just ate a lemon.

[–]Finntastic 2 points3 points ago

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Uh, Bill?

[–]RabidKillerPoof 4 points5 points ago

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Bill Nye, the Science Guy Bill Nye, the Science Guy Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill Bill Nye, the Science Guy

"Science rules"

Bill Nye, the Science Guy

"Inertia is a property of matter"

Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill Bill Nye, the Science Guy Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill

"T-minus seven seconds"

Bill Nye, the Science Guy.

[–]Finntastic 1 point2 points ago

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Appreciated!

[–]TheOceanographer 2 points3 points ago

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He gave a talk at my university. I cried at the end. Such beautiful, beautiful science.

[–]iveneverposted 10 points11 points ago

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bill nye is smart and doesn't afraid of anything.

[–]floatablepie 1 point2 points ago

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Does he still have some kind of show, or did that stop a long time ago?

[–]joshhammock 4 points5 points ago

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Bill Nye The Science Guy ended in 1998. After that he did a more culturally topical show called The Eyes of Nye in 2005 essentially for those that had grown up with his show. All are really awesome.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago*

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The entire BNtSG series is available as a torrent. I downloaded it last year. My plan is to download all the science/education shows of my youth so I can create my own television channel for my kids some day.

Old school sesame street, BNtSG, Magic Schoolbus, that show with the penguins I can't remember the name of (EDIT: Beakman's World!). I figure I'll only let them watch at most 1-2 hours of tv a day so I really only need a few good shows.

[–]alefgard 0 points1 point ago

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Beakman's World?

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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THANK YOU!

[–]unknownsoldierx 2 points3 points ago

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He currently hosts Stuff Happens on the Planet Green network.

[–]Slender_Loris 1 point2 points ago

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One of his relatives lives a few doors down. They have an observatory.

[–]englishred 1 point2 points ago

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One of my childhood nicknames was Bill Nye the Science Guy. That's what I get for being named Bill and being a science type guy.

[–]franzferdinand 0 points1 point ago

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As someone who always went by Billy and was the same way, I understand.

[–]Yargyarg 1 point2 points ago

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He's also not a scientist, he's an engineer.

[–]MixMixBrad 1 point2 points ago

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think he'd do an AMA?

[–]southblvd 0 points1 point ago

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Hopefully he turns out to be as funny as Mr. Jennings.

[–]Mitoshi 1 point2 points ago

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This photo was taken as he explained to people how his meter spins backwards. This man actually creates so much clean energy from home he sells the unused electricity to the city. Instead of receiving bills, he hands them out. very cool guy.

[–]Procreate_Rapidly 1 point2 points ago

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I saw him at a swing dance in southern california once.

I did NOT ask him if science, in fact, rules.

[–]blagoonga123 1 point2 points ago

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I heard he was kinda a douche, but the guy who told me he met him is a douche so I don't believe him.

[–]Shadax 1 point2 points ago

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Were we ever in doubt? I once dreamt my mom was dating Bill Nye, he was very much a gentleman and a cool dude. I woke up kinda of disappointed.

[–]Ricktron3030 1 point2 points ago

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This is from some video where someone showed up at his house. He has solar paneling that sends power back to the grid and actually makes his power meter cycle backwards!

He's also neighbors with some old female rockstar.... Don't remember who though.

[–]PrefixOoblekk 1 point2 points ago

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My girlfriend met him at a swing dance thing. The conversation went something like this- " You probably get this all the time but you look like Bill Nye." " That's because I am!" (angryface) " Oh well, I really liked your show growing up." " Great, can I help you with something?" " No.. just wanted to say hey I guess.." (she was 15 at the time) "Okay, go away."

[–]MamaTosh 1 point2 points ago*

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I got to meet him 36 years ago in what was then West Germany. I remember how he talked me into having sex with him by saying "it's for science". Unfortunately, this "experiment" resulted in a son who wound up as gay as Bill is smart.

[–]sjosef 0 points1 point ago

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Or, alternatively, if you're Dr. Andrew Wakefield..."Stand back, there's shit in this science."

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[–]SlayerConman 2 points3 points ago

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You think you'll actually be able to talk to him?

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[–]SlayerConman 1 point2 points ago

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That's pretty cool...make it a good question then if you get the opportunity.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Ask him about the time he first realized he's going to be speaking at your commencement, and how that made him feel.

Also ask him to sign your underboob.

[–]e1griego 1 point2 points ago

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Willamette student! :)

[–]Jackist 0 points1 point ago

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THE ELECTRIC METER OF SCIENCE!

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Does he afraid of anything?

[–]SenatorJ0eBiden 0 points1 point ago

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total childhood hero

[–]almighty_todd 0 points1 point ago

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and a magician. I saw him at the Grand Casino in Biloxi, MS years ago.

[–]rufioherpderp 0 points1 point ago

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I love Bill Nye. But I thought I heard a while back that he had cancer and wasn't going to last... anyone?

[–]Silenis 0 points1 point ago

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My astronomy teacher in high school went to Cornell with this fellow.

[–]Astro493 0 points1 point ago

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This man is responsible for a large portion of the science that today's. 22-28 year olds know

Inertia is a property of Matter

[–]hot_sauuuuce 0 points1 point ago

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TRUE FACT! i saw bill nye the science guy on his bike in LA, I guess he was going to work. you should know that he lives the character he plays on tv in that he wears the same clothes, and even wears a bike helmet with a rear view mirror attachment. i think that is pretty cool that his on screen character matches his real life character...like CHARLIE SHEEN!! I'll tell you what, he is no rainbow fuckin randolf.

[–]exjentric 0 points1 point ago

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He came to my city this past fall to give a talk about how space exploration is good because it gives us insights into our own planet, including global warming. He made a lot of awesome, insightful points and seemed ever the gentleman.

[–]dan000892 0 points1 point ago

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I'm apparently the third person to meet him swing dancing in SoCal (Pasadena, here). He was wearing a bow tie and he came up to my group of 3 girls and me (a guy) and said "I will dance with every one of you tonight." Then to me, "Except you. Sorry." The girls had fun.

TLDR: Got cockblocked by Bill Nye.

[–]aslaveobeys 0 points1 point ago

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My friend and I were talking about Bill Nye actually (when we watched the Samuel L. Jackson cameo on the "Bill Nye Show" that was on the front page yesterday).

The thing that makes Bill Nye great is his enthusiasm. He sounds so excited about science - it's contagious. I watch clips from his show and I still get excited about whatever he's talking about (same reason I love watching Neil De Grasse Tyson's stuff). I always loved "Bill Nye the Science Guy" when I was a kid. I definitely credit him for making me such an inquisitive person (I love just finding out the science behind stuff - the way it works).

[–]MayoFetish 0 points1 point ago

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He seemed drunk in the video.

[–]slurmin 0 points1 point ago

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he has a raging boner.

[–]ItsSeanP 0 points1 point ago

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I've posted this in every bill nye thread and I'll put it here too.

My mom was/still is friends with the producer of the show who said Bill is an absolute mess to work with, he is truly a dick

[–]RainbowDrank 0 points1 point ago

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when i was really little he came to the science museum in my city so my mom took me and my brother to go see him. it brought me great joy.

[–]blackjeezus 0 points1 point ago

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BILL! BILL! BILL! BILL! BILL!

One of the few theme songs from my childhood that I still remember.

[–]man3ster 0 points1 point ago

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true ladies man.

[–]aazav 0 points1 point ago

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"He's", not "hes".

[–]Willis13579 0 points1 point ago

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No he isn't. He came to my city in the fall. He was definitely not good with kids. He showed up for maybe an hour for the event he was supposed to do that the town hyped for forever and just sat and drank coffee in the morning when he was supposed to have an interactive breakfast with the kids.

[–]shajurzi 0 points1 point ago

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Left hand fapper. Get some lube, Nye.

[–]bobbinika 0 points1 point ago

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Stanton Friedman hates Bill Nye

[–]kruegs0177 0 points1 point ago

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My husband says he looks like a "sad shell of a man"

[–]jonessodaholic 0 points1 point ago

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Random people showed up at his house, and based on how a normal person would react, he seemed pretty chill. Stoner-like even.

[–]Cristina_Vancouver 0 points1 point ago

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Didn't he also attempt to kill his wife by poisoning her or something?

[–]NITROX4all 0 points1 point ago

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You know... I LOVED this guy as a kid, and one day I finally got to see him in REAL LIFE at a friggin' NASA mars rover presentation... and then he wasted an hour and a half of my life talking about a sun dial placed on the mars rover... JOKES ON YOU BILL NYE - I STILL RATHER ENJOY YOUR TELEVISION ANTICS! - PSH, thought he could shake me there

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http://i.imgur.com/YLK2Y.jpg

[–]AR0704 0 points1 point ago

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I'm going to back up what has been said, he's arrogant and an asshole. And I also know a friend who used to work on the set of his show. He says he would always light up before a scene. So, although he's a douchebag, at the same time, he's fucking awesome!

[–]UrbanDEV 0 points1 point ago

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I've never doubted for a second that Bill Nye was a pretty cool dude.

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I didn't see my image posted so I am re-posting it. I am not "karma whoring" so if it appears twice, my apologies.

http://i.imgur.com/YLK2Y.jpg

[–]Liefx 0 points1 point ago

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I've always heard he is actually kind of a dick.

[–]no_pants 0 points1 point ago

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Yeah my buddy met him when he was younger and he confirmed that hes a complete dick.

[–]MandatorySuicide 0 points1 point ago

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what do you mean, actually a pretty cool dude, bill nye has been awesome since i was a child, and will continue to be awesome long after he dies

[–]atroiano 0 points1 point ago

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repost

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Its funny, because in real life, he is a total Douche Bag.

[–]MrHorseWithNoName 0 points1 point ago

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Would you care to elaborate?

[–]Willis13579 0 points1 point ago

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See my comment:

"No he isn't. He came to my city in the fall. He was definitely not good with kids. He showed up for maybe an hour for the event he was supposed to do that the town hyped for forever and just sat and drank coffee in the morning when he was supposed to have an interactive breakfast with the kids."

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He is a douche. He is condescending, bitchy, rude. Need I say more?

[–]makubex -1 points0 points ago

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I really miss having shows like this on television.

Also, I never realized before now how much Bill Nye looks like a dinosaur.

[–]ibanez5150 -1 points0 points ago

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Is that a smart meter? He's exposing himself to all that radiation!

/sarcasm

[–]namelessbanana -1 points0 points ago

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Actually hes kind of a douche... I have seen him out in about in Seattle and I have numerous friends who have met him and said hes an ass.

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First off, Fuck everything about this asshole. I hate you Bill. Second off, Neil deGrasse Tyson is the only science pimp our world needs. (And Michio Kaku) Third off, BEAKMAN FOR LIFE! that is all.

[–]hoguenstein -2 points-1 points ago

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He's a fox news contributor as well!

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[–]afishinthewell 5 points6 points ago

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He is is no way near the same level as Gallileo, Newton, etc, but that's not what he's trying to do. He isn't revolutionizing "science" or anything, he's helping to explain things to the layman.
I don't know who would be comparing Bill Nye to mother fucking Einstein, but that's just crazy. Nye is a teacher more than a scientist, and at that he excels.

[–]Namaha 1 point2 points ago*

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Bill Nye was basically the Mr. Wizard of the 90's. And there ain't a thang wrong with that. Getting young people interested in the sciences is something more people should be doing.

[–]Hindu_Wardrobe 2 points3 points ago

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What degree do you have? What's wrong with a bachelors degree?

Some of the smartest people also never went to, or never finished, college.

Do you expect every worthwhile scientist to have a fucking Ph.D or something? Sheesh.

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[–]Hindu_Wardrobe 0 points1 point ago

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Well, for what it's worth, I've seen and have thoroughly enjoyed Mr. Wizard and Beakman. They're a bit before my time but I have managed to catch reruns.

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Oh come on now, whether or not crxvfr has a degree or not is not relevant to this discussion.

[–]JWalker30 -1 points0 points ago

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He came to visit us in our lab at Georgia Tech. We were definitely starstruck. This pretty much sums up our collective reaction.

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