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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 20 May 2017

    If you portrayed an inanimate object in your elementary school play, I wonder how much it sealed your destiny. #AmIATree

    10:08 AM - 20 May 2017
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    628 replies 2,157 retweets 13,049 likes
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      2. Platonic Solid Snake‏ @Pliny_theElder 20 May 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        neil you forgot to Capitalize random Words in this nonsense babble

        4 replies 3 retweets 27 likes
      3. Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 20 May 2017
        Replying to @Pliny_theElder

        As is common in 18th century non-fiction literature, I capitalize selected nouns to add mild emphasis where needed. -NDT

        11 replies 23 retweets 284 likes
      4. Thomas The Reaper‏ @HavocMantis 20 May 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson @Pliny_theElder

        woah

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. Grant Dowling‏ @GrantHDowling 20 May 2017
        Replying to @HavocMantis @neiltyson @Pliny_theElder

        dude's on another fucking level. never question this man again.

        2 replies 3 retweets 70 likes
      6. Steven Selke‏ @nat_king_kobra 20 May 2017
        Replying to @GrantHDowling @HavocMantis and

        But if we keep questioning that means we get more answers

        2 replies 0 retweets 26 likes
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      2. Jeffrey Guterman‏Verified account @JeffreyGuterman 20 May 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        A tree is not an inanimate object: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inanimate%20object ….

        12 replies 3 retweets 88 likes
      3. Milky Way (பால்வெளி)‏ @CosmicKid1598 20 May 2017
        Replying to @JeffreyGuterman @neiltyson

        Sir , Trees do move from one place to another via pollination... so it's not an Inanimate object @neiltyson 😊

        4 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      4. Jeffrey Guterman‏Verified account @JeffreyGuterman 20 May 2017
        Replying to @CosmicKid1598 @neiltyson

        I tweeted it's not an inanimate object.

        1 reply 0 retweets 11 likes
      5. Milky Way (பால்வெளி)‏ @CosmicKid1598 20 May 2017
        Replying to @JeffreyGuterman @neiltyson

        I'm agreeing with you and that's why I said that sir...

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      6. Jeffrey Guterman‏Verified account @JeffreyGuterman 20 May 2017
        Replying to @CosmicKid1598 @neiltyson

        OK, you replied to me.

        3 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      7. Ray Gunnz‏ @ray_gunnz 20 May 2017
        Replying to @JeffreyGuterman @neiltyson

        A cardboard tree is alive?

        2 replies 0 retweets 33 likes
      8. Jeffrey Guterman‏Verified account @JeffreyGuterman 20 May 2017
        Replying to @ray_gunnz @neiltyson

        🤔

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      9. Ray Gunnz‏ @ray_gunnz 20 May 2017
        Replying to @JeffreyGuterman @neiltyson

        He played a tree not 'is a tree'.

        4 replies 0 retweets 30 likes
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      2. David  🐝 🐝‏ @_Duckworth_4 20 May 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        You are Groot.

        1 reply 1 retweet 66 likes
      3. *Rajat*‏ @rjtxoxo 20 May 2017
        Replying to @_Duckworth_4 @neiltyson

        I am Groot we are groot

        0 replies 0 retweets 28 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. Erik Frisch‏ @erik_frisch 20 May 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        I want what he's smoking

        2 replies 0 retweets 20 likes
      3. Lady Maine‏ @YESemite 20 May 2017
        Replying to @erik_frisch @neiltyson

        Trees, lol

        1 reply 0 retweets 30 likes
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      2.  💀 Spooky Roger  💀‏ @iamtherog 20 May 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Sorry sir I had what is known as "talent" which explains why I went to "film school" and am now an "unemployed social media copywriter."

        2 replies 0 retweets 35 likes
      3. ecsson‏ @ecsson1 20 May 2017
        Replying to @iamtherog @neiltyson

        THAT'S what this!

        0 replies 1 retweet 1 like
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