There's something big a-brewing on Twitter. People are taking famous movie lines and changing them ever so slightly to be more science-y.
It all started when paleontologist Jon Tennant went to Twitter to celebrate some good news:
That simple tweet inspired a beautiful marriage of science nerddom and movie geekdom in the form of the #scienceamoviequote hashtag.
Obviously, no science-humor hashtag would be legit if it didn't bring in a pretty strong pun game:
But what scientist would miss an opportunity like this to highlight the need for a robust data set?
Or to complain about the hellish limbo that is the life of a post-doc?
Publishing and funding woes are also a big part of the game:
And of course, it's important for any science movement to not lose sight of the challenge that is science:
Even the National Science Foundation got in on the fun with this gem of a tweet:
Heck yeah you do, Brick...
H/T: Los Angeles Times
Clarification:
Though Jon Tennant's tweet (and a retweet by @Helena_LB) resulted in the current #scienceamoviequote trend, the origin of the hashtag dates back to a November 2014 tweet by neuroscientist Ben Saunders.