Cosmically cringeworthy: Neil deGrasse Tyson goes for laughs, gets the hook instead

Sarah D. | 4:41 PM on January 21, 2015

That Neil deGrasse Tyson is so cool, you guys. Seriously. Check out how cool he is:

Jan 21, 2015: The 1989 film “Back to the Future II” showed life on Oct 21, 2015. So we’ve got 9 Months to invent Hoverboards.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 21, 2015

Get it? Get it???

Esteemed physicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, there. Making a joke the rest of the world made a month ago.

— Jean Blanc, a French Jon Whiteley doppelganger (@whiteleyjon) January 21, 2015

@neiltyson This joke is older than the universe yo.

— Pancaked by Drunk Dump Truck Driver Vince (@Waldo_Vince) January 21, 2015

@neiltyson I thought this joke was ran into the ground already.

— Fabien (@VofEscaflowne) January 21, 2015

Oh, it was. But to be fair, Tyson’s so busy being above all the rest of us, he probably just didn’t notice. That or he thought he could use his magic to freshen it up.

Either way, the result is the same: Totally lame.

https://twitter.com/maxwellarm/status/557954054496976896

Heh.

https://twitter.com/BenK84/status/557954548921556993

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