The recent announcement for a position that NASA has had since the 1960s – Planetary Protection Officer – has generated a lot of excitement in the public, as well as comparisons to many sci-fi movie heroes.

“When 4th grader and self-proclaimed “Guardian of the Galaxy”, Jack, wrote to us about applying for a job, we replied https://t.co/932pj3Q50B”

Every sketch of Martin Shkreli looks like it's from The Trial of Rumpelstiltskin pic.twitter.com/I0CmmW8nES— Casey Malone (@CaseyMalone) August 4, 2017

Smoke test I did today. pic.twitter.com/kC1WhVT3Wb— Lzyboost (@Lzyboost) August 4, 2017

heres the thing: you cannot give me an MMO where one of the character options is "Be Big" because i will never pick anything else— samantha 🦷 (@goblin_sorcerer) August 5, 2017

Go Big Or Go Home— samantha 🦷 (@goblin_sorcerer) August 5, 2017

Looking at houses is my new fav hobby! Big moves coming up 🙈🙊— Dietzzz (@hannah_dietzel) August 5, 2017

strong contender for least fave type of male feminist is "man who thinks liking a curvy woman is revolutionary" pic.twitter.com/BzDhhiSHNA— Julia Pugachevsky (@jaypugz) August 3, 2017

it's me, I'm the extraordinarily average-looking dude who thinks being horny for his wife's normal body is a herculean feat https://t.co/2VlPm4ncLm— thomas violence (@thomas_violence) August 4, 2017

“it's me, I'm the extraordinarily average-looking dude who thinks being horny for his wife's normal body is a herculean feat https://t.co/2VlPm4ncLm”

Omg on the bus a man was like "why are you smiling so much?" to his toddler son and the little boy said "I just love you so much daddy" 😭😭😭— xena. (@Groovychickenn) August 3, 2017

guess what came in the mail pic.twitter.com/m7PzNqVO3p— Rat Meat Insurance (@RippleFrog) May 19, 2015

books are boots— amelia bedelia stan account (@CIoveHitch) August 4, 2017

!! @FickleCrux !! this is your life story https://t.co/Dd9GPrVyhb— [abap] Xenolalia@SawCon (@keep_indoors) August 4, 2017

If that was real you can bet your ass I would've seen it the day of release god damn— Mike Rambo (@empty_tone) August 4, 2017

FUCK— Mike Rambo (@empty_tone) August 4, 2017

I'm not sure if buying a watch right now will help me unwind, so I'm going to buy two— Postingway (@redactedtext) August 4, 2017

Have yall seen children of the corn 30? @FickleCrux— [abap] Xenolalia@SawCon (@keep_indoors) August 4, 2017