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[–]hpwriterkyle 63 points64 points ago

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Neil's Birthday tweet: "Oct 5: Today's indeed my birthday. Thanks for all the tweets. Was born the same week as NASA. Although I'm still going places"

Source: http://twitter.com/#!/neiltyson/status/121616894364102656

[–]KRSFive 3 points4 points ago

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is it just me or is it any time a celebrity has a birthday, the title is ALWAYS "Happy birthday, you magnificent bastard"

[–]_AlphaOmega 1 point2 points ago

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Mines tomorrow, it makes me hopeful of my future knowing that I was born the same week as NDT and NASA.

[–]KudzuFaery 1 point2 points ago

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Happy birthday.

[–]_AlphaOmega 0 points1 point ago

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thanks!

[–]SupaKawazu 1 point2 points ago

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Mine is Sunday, also within the same week. I also feel great about myself because of this.

[–]BonePwns13 0 points1 point ago

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Pure badassery.

[–]breakupthespace 99 points100 points ago

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These original title submissions really show the uniqueness of each person's character and their individual voice.

[–][deleted] 32 points33 points ago

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These original title submissions really show what kind of titles grant lots of karma

ftfy,

Also, "fuck everything about this", "it's shit like this", etc.

[–]Shadax 16 points17 points ago

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What's this? Reddit beating unoriginal phrases to the depths of bloody hell until they absolutely no longer have any meaning? Preposterous!

[–]Synux 4 points5 points ago

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Quick, someone tell 4chan to make a ball-busting pseudo-meme out of this so we can get to the business of beating that one up too.

[–]Moarbrains 11 points12 points ago

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Word. Happy Birthday is so over-used, couldn't they think of something more creative?

[–]tobiasgreenich 13 points14 points ago

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Felicitous Womb-squirting day!

[–]descartesb4thehorse 1 point2 points ago

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I'm quite fond of Annual Reminder That Your Face Has Been Up Your Mom's Vagina, but it sadly doesn't work for people born by cesarean.

[–]fermenton 2 points3 points ago

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Happy New Solar Cicle!

[–]theRAGE 2 points3 points ago

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Fuck I hate reddit.

[–]mikemcg 1 point2 points ago

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You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar!

[–]YourDad 0 points1 point ago

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Dude, some of us only visit reddit for these celebrity birthday cards. Searching for "Happy Birthday, you magnificent bastard" is the only way to separate the signal from the noise.

[–]RozCheck -3 points-2 points ago

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I came here to say this, thank you.

[–]Orbixx 48 points49 points ago

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So whatcha thinkin' 'bout?

[–]Ozymandias12[S] 41 points42 points ago

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just star stuff I guess

[–]sweetbacon 8 points9 points ago

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Aww man, you posted as I was gimpshopping! Oh well, here's my pic for his bday anyway.

[–]Golden_Kumquat 0 points1 point ago

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How hot Carl Sagan is?

[–]Synux 3 points4 points ago

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You said "Hot Carl".

[–]BadJokeHour -2 points-1 points ago

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Sagan is pretty Hot Carl.

[–]Carl_Sagan42 0 points1 point ago

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Hotter than billions and billions of suns.

(this is actually my real username, not a throw-away)

[–]selfabuse 4 points5 points ago

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REMEMBER PLUTO!

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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Never forget!

[–]wicket146 14 points15 points ago

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Ok, i'll be that guy. Who the hell is this?

[–]woohoo 12 points13 points ago

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Samuel L. Jackson

[–]captainbeardo 28 points29 points ago

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Bill Cosby

[–]BillFuckingCosby 16 points17 points ago

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'Tis not I.

[–]thespiffyneostar 5 points6 points ago

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Redditor for 2 months... not bad.

[–]TurkletonPhD 3 points4 points ago

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Its confirmed. You know how to read. ಠ_ಠ

[–]fireburt 22 points23 points ago

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Neil deGrasse Tyson. Astrophysicist, director of the Hayden Planetarium, and all around cool dude.

[–]RaageFaace 6 points7 points ago

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You forgot host of "Star Talk podcast"

[–]scurvebeard 0 points1 point ago

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HOW DID I NOT KNOW THERE WAS A PODCAST

[–]exscape -1 points0 points ago

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I'm not a fan of the whole "director of tha Hayden Planetarium" deal. It's (as he's even said himself) "just" his day job; it's not exactly what he's famous for.
It just feels about the same as answering "Who was Carl Sagan?" with "a professor at Cornell".

[–]fireburt 2 points3 points ago

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That's why I didn't just say, "director of the Hayden Planetarium." It's hard to quickly say what he is most well known for so I just went with the basics, plus him being just a cool dude.

[–]gbimmer 2 points3 points ago

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Micheal Jackson's brother Tito.

[–]GoldenBoar 2 points3 points ago

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Cleveland Brown

[–]jaggazz 2 points3 points ago

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LeVar Burton

[–]yellowking 4 points5 points ago

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Alfonso Ribeiro, a.k.a. Carlton from the Fresh Prince.

[–]fahqredd 6 points7 points ago

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

[–]three18ti 0 points1 point ago

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Thanks.

[–]geenomike 2 points3 points ago

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I thought reddit agreed to stop with magnificent bastard

[–]NOxAP 1 point2 points ago

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i have never seen reddit agree on anything

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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I disagree.

[–][deleted] 26 points27 points ago

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r/space is a circlejerk of photos and Neil deGrasse Tyson. Apply wadsworth coefficient of 90% to r/space posts and you won't miss anything of significance.

[–]boogermanus 8 points9 points ago

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'deGrasse' is one of my RES filter words...sadly, the OP didn't include his name in the title.

[–]noreallyimthepope 1 point2 points ago

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The bitter irony is that I really am interested in deGrasse, but Reddit's infatuation with him is sort of spoiling it, like with Louis CK.

[–]erikpdx 0 points1 point ago

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Spoken like a true hipster!

[–]noreallyimthepope 0 points1 point ago

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I wouldn't have known of CK without reddit.

[–]mach0 0 points1 point ago

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wow, you opened a whole new way of filtering reddit for me, thanks.

[–]Moarbrains 2 points3 points ago

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Couldn't have a circle jerk without your cheery presence.

[–]ivanvzm 3 points4 points ago

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wardsworth constant

FTFY

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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It's a coefficient since it's a constant multiplied by another variable (in this case, the number of posts in r/space) in an algebraic function.

[–]john_o 3 points4 points ago

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The Wadsworth constant is 30%. The coefficient raises this percentage to 90%.

[–]ivanvzm -2 points-1 points ago

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You think reddit cares!?!? it's the Wadsworth constant, end of story!

[–]tacogordito 1 point2 points ago

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Reddit when discussing Neil Tyson Degrasse:

http://i.imgur.com/41dYM.gif

[–]pax2themax 0 points1 point ago

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This may be relevant to your interests.

[–]borogrove 11 points12 points ago

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This man represents my hope for humanity, personified. If his delight in learning, respect for nature, and awesome oratory skills were something people tried to imitate more often (and if more people even knew about him) I think we'd be way better off as a species. Dude's got his priorities straight.

Here's to you, y'ol sumbitch.

[–]Kareeda 2 points3 points ago

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Happy Birthday, Insert name of person I don't recognize here!!! :D

[–]lemonheadzzz 3 points4 points ago

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Isaac was always my favorite on the Love Boat

[–]jamkey 0 points1 point ago

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Have an upvote from another old dude.

[–]huxtiblejones 9 points10 points ago

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This is a repost from last year. Reddit is so OVER!

/sarcasm

Happy bird day Neil.

[–]System_Web 1 point2 points ago

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and you are?

[–]kohakumidori 1 point2 points ago

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We are watching his lectures called "My Favorite Universe" in my Astronomy class. He keeps the kids' attention because he gets so into what he is teaching.

[–]CRUISE_CONTROL2COOL 1 point2 points ago

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W00T! IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TOO \M/,

[–]littleshadow 0 points1 point ago

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Samsies! I thought this post was going to be about me, was disappointed it wasn't.

Happy Birthday!

[–]dotwaffle 0 points1 point ago

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Happy Birthday from a fellow 5th Octoberer!

[–]Zinidane 1 point2 points ago

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Lol its my birthday too.

[–]dotwaffle 0 points1 point ago

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Happy birthday from a fellow 5th Octoberer!

[–]AwHellNaw 1 point2 points ago

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Black people love tallying and judging their heroes so they have several 'Most influential black folks' lists every now and then. But I never see this guy in any of them.

[–]rwingvr6 1 point2 points ago

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Happy Bday Neil!!!

[–]imasunbear 1 point2 points ago

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Same day as Steve Jobs' passing, what a bittersweet day.

[–]NeilDeGrasseGaiman 2 points3 points ago

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r/space is becoming more and more of a cirlcejerk every day. Just another big sub like all the rest I guess.

[–]darthluke 0 points1 point ago

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Thanks Neil deGrasse Gaimon

[–]frankster 5 points6 points ago

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why does reddit have a hardon for this guy?

[–]OldThunder 15 points16 points ago

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The same reason people love Bill Nye, and Carl Sagan. They're very smart people able to explain complicated things in a way that's interesting, passionate, and understandable to morons like myself.

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[–]OldThunder 6 points7 points ago

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Why would I bash Michio Kaku? He's great, and I love to listen to him. That's unfortunate about Tyson though, the only thing I knew was that he turned down Sagan's invitation, and that always puzzled me. Still I think Tyson is a smart guy when it comes to fairly basic science and astronomy stuff, and good at presenting that information. Not sure why you're trying to insult me. :|

[–]jamkey 1 point2 points ago

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I don't think your assumptions about OldThunder are fair, mature, or in the spirit of the scientific community.

[–]RonaldFuckingPaul 2 points3 points ago

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because they don't know shit, but think he does

[–]doubleas21380 2 points3 points ago

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How is Saddam Hussien? He looks healthy in this pic.

[–]cafezinho 4 points5 points ago

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Happy birthday, young Shepherd Book!

That ain't no shepherd.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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I honestly don't know why Reddit faps all over this person. He's a popular physicist, a Bill Nye with better credentials. I'm not aware that he has contributed anything to physics in the public sphere along the lines of Feynman (who was a true public intellectual), Hawking (see "A Brief History of Time"), Penrose, et al., so I really don't see the justification for his fetishisation.

[–]MRRoberts 4 points5 points ago

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He's a pop scientist, like Carl Sagan was. He does a lot to make science accessible and interesting to the average person. A science advocate that is able to simplify difficult concepts while maintaining their immense scale and majesty is an important, valuable thing to have.

Plus, he seems like a genuinely nice fellow.

[–]Amberleaf 2 points3 points ago

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Can we please stop using "you magnificent bastard".

It's really shite.

[–]kimwim42 2 points3 points ago*

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Saw him talk at ArtsandIdeas 4 years ago. Great talk. Wanted 15 cash for an autograph. I didn't have it. He wouldn't give it. It left a sour taste in my mouth.

edit, cash.

And I know he's a god. Ånd is beloved by scientists world wide. I still think he's great. But it was a mark of pettiness from a rich famous man. I didn't know there'd be a fee for autographs!

[–]garyr_h 0 points1 point ago

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Do you mean $15? Or is "15 cast" some sort of slang that I should know about?

[–]kimwim42 0 points1 point ago

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fixed.

[–]garyr_h 1 point2 points ago

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Sadly, a lot of famous people do the same damn thing. I can never figure out why. Whenever there is some famous athlete doing autographs and wants $50 each, it just makes me wonder if his crack habit is too expensive for even someone on his salary.

[–]jamkey 0 points1 point ago

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I think this is pretty standard even for someone like Wil Wheaton at star trek conventions. Can anyone confirm this from recent conventions?

[–]roland333 0 points1 point ago

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Man, that doesnt look fixed to me.

[–]kimwim42 0 points1 point ago

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HA HA HA!!! oops!

[–]DanGliesack 1 point2 points ago

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Holy shit Neil deGrasse Tyson and I have the same birthday

[–]ThatCableGuy -1 points0 points ago

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Welcome to the club...

[–]James311 1 point2 points ago

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I share a birthday with this man.

[–]dotwaffle 1 point2 points ago

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As do I, but the question is, do I share one with you? I do? Marvellous!

1984 though, so a few years younger than fellow Mr. Tyson.

[–]Lots42 1 point2 points ago

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And he is...?

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[–]dotwaffle 0 points1 point ago

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It's my birthday too! I hope you've had a nice day!

[–]dotwaffle 0 points1 point ago

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It's my birthday too! I hope you've had a nice day!

[–]GreyareaWalker 0 points1 point ago

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Happy birthday you magnificent bastard!

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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Hey look at it this way, you could go out and do something totally insane on your birthday and you won't have to worry about reading about it in the headlines tomorrow morning or tarnishing your career.

Happy Birthday, you unknown magnificient bastard!

[–]AMostOriginalUserNam 0 points1 point ago

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Fucking nice. Almost didn't recognise him without the visor though.

[–]AncillaryCorollary -1 points0 points ago

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Fuck me I get tired of this pompous ass.

[–]TheJames69 0 points1 point ago

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Just started reading Origins, loving it

[–]jspeights 0 points1 point ago

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Ozymandias12 is your last name "ManLove"?

[–]wmurray003 0 points1 point ago

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Happy Birthday!

[–]willed11 0 points1 point ago

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Does he know that he's this popular on reddit?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Probably, he did an AMA about a year ago (maybe less)

[–]TheSkyPirate 0 points1 point ago

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TIL I have the same birthday as Niel deGrasse Tyson.

[–]dotwaffle 1 point2 points ago

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Happy birthday from a fellow 5th Octoberer!

[–]Mighty-Tsu 0 points1 point ago

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Aweomse guy, but I find that picture quite scary..

[–]pixelplayer 0 points1 point ago

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What you thinking about?

[–]Farko69 0 points1 point ago

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Let's get him some ice cream cake shaped like a rocket. That picture makes him seem so whimsical I bet he'd love it.

[–]ahrima 0 points1 point ago

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Hmm, same birthday as me... Dude's got style.

[–]fluggencheimen 0 points1 point ago

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Spacey wacey

[–]askulap 0 points1 point ago

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I saw the thumbnail all day and kept thinking it was Aziz Ansari`s birthday.

[–]sklegg 0 points1 point ago

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Birfday

[–]Thousands_of_Spiders 0 points1 point ago

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[–]Luckent 0 points1 point ago

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Is he black or indian?

[–]spacenout 0 points1 point ago

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black

[–]finallymadeanaccount 0 points1 point ago

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Yes! Happy birthday to Geordie LaForge!

[–]stanfan114 0 points1 point ago

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I keep seeing his hands in the thumbnail as a pizza.

[–]Akira_kj 0 points1 point ago

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Happy Birthday Jordy LaForge!

[–]Wrapb4utap 0 points1 point ago

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Hallmark worthy

[–]yrogerg123 0 points1 point ago

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[–]noodleIncident 0 points1 point ago

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TIL my reddit birthday is the same as Niel deGrasse Tyson's real birthday.

[–]mark445 0 points1 point ago

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Fuck off with this shit.

[–]monkiboy 1 point2 points ago

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Happy Birthday, Cleveland!

[–]aviopticus 0 points1 point ago

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And that magnificent mustache.

[–]ForumLurker 0 points1 point ago

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TIL me and Neil share the same birthday! Yet another reason to love him.

[–]dotwaffle 1 point2 points ago

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Happy birthday from a fellow 5th Octoberer!

[–]Driphter 1 point2 points ago

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Nice, same here brochacho :D

[–]mvw2 0 points1 point ago

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Even as a heterosexual male, I could stare into those big brown eyes all day.

[–]t_r_s 0 points1 point ago

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He is magnificent, that's for sure.

[–]jackwagoneer1 -1 points0 points ago

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Is that the guy from Reading Rainbow?

[–]Whata_Turkey[!] -1 points0 points ago

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Holy shit, a picture of neil degrasse tyson..on his birthday...with the standard "magnificent bastard" tag line..... Report to the front page immediately

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[–]BernzSed 1 point2 points ago

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Well, high-profile deaths do come in groups.

[–]CaNANDian -4 points-3 points ago

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This guy is annoying and obnoxious.

[–]fortaleza1999 -1 points0 points ago

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This needs to be turned into a rage comic drawing with: "Go on..." (saying that in my Jon Stewart voice).

[–]gbimmer -1 points0 points ago

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He really needs to do an AMA in the space subreddit. It would be the best thread ever here. This is a quantifiable and undeniable fact that cannot be disputed.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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He's done one.

[–]alphase7en -2 points-1 points ago

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Least black black person ever?

[–]ThatCableGuy -2 points-1 points ago

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TIL I share my birth date with a magnificent bastard...

[–]dotwaffle 1 point2 points ago

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Happy birthday from a fellow 5th Octoberer!

[–]ThatCableGuy -1 points0 points ago

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Few seconds later I learned I should read all the way to the end if I want to be orriginal... HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!