huge nerds start petition to name a new nebula after anime girl - 18,104 signers

[Kimon²]

http://www.change.org/petitions/international-astronomical-union-change-the-official-name-of-nebula-ngc-6357-to-the-madokami-nebula

the madokami nebula

say hi to your new celestial body you loving nerds


"If you are unaware, there was a new nebula found and many Anime fans claim it looked like Goddess Madoka, now there is a petition going around to name the nebula “Madokami Nebula”.

    

    It only needs 1.2k more signs, so please sign it! It is a Madoka Magica fan dream come true!

    Here is the link to sign the petition [link]! We are so close to the goal!

    "

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[Rally]

who discovered it

[Satan From Wreck-It-Ralph]

they could at least name it after a good character

fukin weebs tho

[Ipquarx]

Proof that anime ruins everything

[AcornCake]

but-
what--
why would they do this

[Kimon²]

Proof that anime ruins everything

[Rally]

NGC 6357 already has 4 designations including "War and Peace Nebula", "Sharpless 11", "RCW 131", "Gum 66"

[dkamm65]

Proof that anime ruins everything

Because furries never ruin anything!

[Epicduke]

wtf it looks like a bat, name it batman nebula or something cool then some weeaboo thing

[Ipquarx]

Because furries never ruin anything!

i never said furries didn't ruin everything. It was also an obvious joke. If your post was a joke then forget me sideways because my sarcasm detector is broken.

[Rally]

If anything it should be named after the dude that discovered it. The people who discovered it during the midcourse space experiment already called it the War and Peace nebula.

Wouldn't you have to run this past the creator of whatever stuffty anime it's from? seems like a lot of work for a practical joke on a serious astronomical discovery that all the petition signers will forget in a week.

[Kimon²]

If anything it should be named after the dude that discovered it. The people who discovered it during the midcourse space experiment already called it the War and Peace nebula.

Wouldn't you have to run this past the creator of whatever stuffty anime it's from? seems like a lot of work for a practical joke on a serious astronomical discovery that all the petition signers will forget in a week.

probably but
18,043 people have signed this

[devildogelite]

And this petition has no effect on anything at all. At first I thought this was like a competition to name a galaxy but since it's a petition I doubt the people responsible for naming it will ever know it exists

[Rally]

probably but
18,043 people have signed this

Did any of these 18,043 people take a part in the midcourse space experiment?

Can I start a petition to change the element uranium to animeium and expect them to change it because 20,000 people signed it?

[dkamm65]

probably but
18,043 people have signed this

Do you realize even if 4 billion people signed this, it would still be up to whoever names the galaxy? All these petitions do is provide a platform for people to show support for a cause. It has no final say in determining anything.

"Think of it this way: What if your company received thousands of emails from valued customers asking you to use a different supplier for your parts? What if you started to receive emails from each of your neighbors asking you to stop playing loud music at night? How quickly would you act?

That’s the unique thing about creating an online petition on Change.org. Governments, companies and individuals value their reputations and feel accountable to their neighbors, constituents and customers. When hundreds or even thousands of people raise their voices about an issue they care about, the message is very hard to ignore."

http://www.change.org/guides/how-an-online-petition-works