Damn You, Yahoo News Headline Writers
From the front page of Yahoo News:
Did they have to put the word “planet” in there? Wouldn’t it be so much more hilarious if they hadn’t? Go on, just say it to yourself without the word planet. Super funny, right?
Don’t they know that lazy comedians count on funny headlines so they can just put them on their blogs without commentary? Goddammit.
This attention to detail on Yahoo’s part also prevents me from having the following hilarious conversation with my friend:
Me: Hey, Tim.
Tim: What?
Me: I heard scientists found a bunch of new rings…around uranus!
Tim: Dag, that was good.
But thanks to Yahoo’s fastidious writers we get this:
Me: Hey, Tim.
Tim: What?
Me: I heard scientists found a bunch of new rings around the planet Uranus.
Tim: Wow, will the wonders of modern astronomy ever cease to amaze?
Me: I hope not.
Tim: Me neither. Science is great.
Me: Sure is. Uh, you want to burn something?
Tim: Okay.
If any fires break out in abandoned buildings in Buffalo tonight you’ll know who’s to blame. Yahoo.
And if you actually care about science: More Rings Are Found Around Planet Uranus
