Scientists Put 'Boaty McBoatface' To Shame With Their Own Name Game

#TheInternetNamesAnimals and #TheInternetNamesSpace are your new favorite hashtags. You're welcome.

The Internet recently sailed away with our hearts when it voted "RRS Boaty McBoatface" as the most popular entry in a contest to name a British polar exploration ship.

Since then, scientists have joined in on the fun with a name game of their own.

Using the hashtags #TheInternetNamesAnimals and #TheInternetNamesSpace, people in the science community took to Twitter to share their funny ideas.

Some people really stuck with the Boaty McBoatface formula:

Others added a bit of personal commentary to the names:

Of course a ton of people stated the obvious:

And a few creative individuals deviated completely from anything resembling Boaty McBoatface:

Never change, Internet. Never change.

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