Browncoats!!!!! Help Name Node 3 of the ISS

Armando · March 2, 2009, 8:01am

frakkintalos:

On one drunken evening I brought this up at a party. Most of the people were 90210 fans (If ya get what I mean) and they’re all talking about relationships and soap operay stuff. One of the folks kept saying someone was treating someone like shit and my buddy was sitting there making mouthy movements with his hands and rolling his eyes so I asked, “Speaking of shit, where is the shitter on the Enterprise?”

Then I continued to the amazement of the populace for next 15 minutes about the possible reasons for their lack of plumbing. Everytime someone snickered or made a smart-arse remark about scifi or geeks they became the subject of my triad. For example I said to a gaffaw, “It’s not funny. If you’re in a high pressure moment like the Klingons attacking or imminent warp core implosion. You don’t want a turtle-head peeking. They had transporter tech. Perhaps they just beamed it into space but then would their anus lose its ability to extract after awhile?” You get the point.

By the end of the 15 minutes I had a frustrated audience. I was an obxnious teen and I had interrupted their incredibly thot-provoking-dating-drama discussion. Finally I stopped, stared at each person and said, “I got to take a crap.” There was a mixed reaction. Some were laughing, others were disgusted.

In college we used to do this with Star Wars. Talked about how, even though Alderaan was blown up, everyone still referred to Leia as Princess and “Your (her) Royal Highness,” wondered when everybody slept (this was before the prequels, when we got scenes of people sleeping), how Darth Vader ate, what happened to Leia’s money when Alderaan was destroyed (her assets were frozen when she got to Hoth, of course!), that sort of thing.

Sadly, I went to a conservatory, so most everybody there was already a geek, and instead of annoyed reactions we got a bunch of people joining in on the conversation. Sigh!

Casilda · March 2, 2009, 3:21pm

LOL I just realized that “Enterprise” is one of the top ten write in suggestions…

Serenity still at 86%

Mr_Lister_Sir · March 2, 2009, 3:27pm

Yup Still 86 after my vote again…But really another top suggestion is Buddy. Really Its a space ship not a character from an 80’s male nanny TV show!!!

Cami_s_mom · March 4, 2009, 1:58pm

Last night Stephen Colbert urged his followers to write in “Colbert” as the node 3 name! Those people are crazy, they almost got a Hungarian bridge named after the guy and ran the poll response into eight figures.

Today the site says “Poll results are unavailable.” It is so not right that Serenity is up against Colbert…

Mr_Lister_Sir · March 4, 2009, 2:07pm

Just went and voted and Serenity is still at 86%. Its time to see who is more rabid. Joss Fans or Colbert fans… I’d put money on the Whedonites.

Pike · March 4, 2009, 2:10pm

I’m good either way.

Cami_s_mom · March 4, 2009, 2:13pm

Go Browncoats!!!

Cami_s_mom · March 4, 2009, 2:20pm

I do agree with Stephen Colbert that “Colbert” is better than “Xenu” but I would be disappointed if we couldn’t get Node 3 named after our favorite Whedonverse ship. Even if Node 3 is a “Water Recovery System (WRS) and Urine Processor Assembly” and “Waste and hygiene compartment.”

smarx · March 4, 2009, 3:39pm

I cast my vote for today, and Serenity is still at 86%, but Colbert appears to be the top write in vote. I like him, but I would prefer Serenity.

NothingButheRain · March 4, 2009, 4:33pm

Just voted again, I can do that right?
Serenity still at 86%

smarx · March 4, 2009, 4:37pm

Yep. You are allowed to vote once per day, per person.

AwsmEngrGrl · March 4, 2009, 5:34pm

Serenity is at 86%, Colbert is the top write in

Craprica · March 4, 2009, 6:25pm

yay this is so cool! especially that serenity is owning!

Gryper · March 4, 2009, 6:59pm

Or as many times as you can get to different computers to vote with. I’ve been voting from home and work.

Kag1 · March 4, 2009, 11:44pm

Just Voted! Serenity is still kicking some sorry barb!

NothingButheRain · March 5, 2009, 12:38am

Great, I’ll vote again tomorrow!

bigdamnhero · March 5, 2009, 2:13am

Battle of Serenity Node 3 holding steady @ 86%

Crazy, huh? Hah! They haven’t met the Independents. I can bounce off the walls in the rubber room with the best of em.

brendon · March 6, 2009, 1:50pm

Still holding at 86%, Just glad the Colbert is not in the serious contention yet.

ATGreat · March 6, 2009, 3:45pm

It looks like the Browncoats are a smaller but stronger force than the Colbert Nation.
happy dance

Steve · March 7, 2009, 3:29am

While Serenity does show to be 86% of the votes, that only counts the NASA suggested names.

The “suggested” names are not figured into that 100% total of which Serenity makes up 86% percent.

According to this article, Colbert has 29,000 votes in the two days since he asked his fans to vote for him. Compare that with Serenity’s overall vote total of 66,000 since the voting began. While Colbert’s vote pace might not keep up, one cannot just look at the 86% that Serenity has and think we are in the clear.

Unless my math is wrong that puts Colbert at ~25% and Serenity at ~57%. This of course is only counting the vote totals mentioned in that article on space.com.

Two weeks remain.