THE MILKY WAY : FLOATING EDITION


What “Brad”, a twenty year old in Whittier CA, had to say on his blog, “I Have Been Floated”, on my post about the "Very Large Telescope" here :

“This is just going to be quick one, but here’s an example of a complete moron making a joke about something that is only funny to other complete morons. And here is my reply:

Actually, you dimwittied [sic] sack of shit (and I use extremely vulgar terms to imply how disgusted I am that this guy also plasters his “brilliance” all over The Quotations Page) it is about how big your telescope is, and not only about how you look at the stars. I hate to defeat your ignorant elementary school level joke with intelligence, but the larger your telescope is, the more light (or radio, infrared, etc) waves you are able to gather, which makes images much clearer to see, or, in this article’s case, reveal things you could not ordinarily see with a much smaller telescope.

Do me a favor, don’t make stupid jokes about things you know absolutely nothing about, because it’s bound to make you look like a ridiculous fool to someone who does know.

I’m feeling fat, and sassy!”



Totes Brill.

*Snap Snap* to you, Fat ‘n Sassy. You are absolutely right. I know little to nothing about the engineering involved in the mechanics of, uh, telescopes. With hung head (heh), I admit I am ridiculously foolish indeed. May you gather enough waves to always allow you to see the Big Picture.

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