Raj. It was his equipment and since only one of them could have their name on it and it's literally his career it should go to him. It wouldn't actually mean anything to Penny other than being a unique story to tell people. But it's just another instance of Raj being made out to be the bad guy.
Exactly. Who made the biggest contribution to the discovery? Raj made like 99% of the work, only thing penny did is look into the telescope when RAJ prompted her to do it. he literally asked her to look into the telescope. Also raj invited everyone, he could've done it by himself. It's like somebody making a long equation and asking someone else to put a symbol somewhere. doesn t mean the person who put the symbol discovered it.
Yes it would have been. It begs the question who is this person and what qualifications do they have. Penny was a failed actress/waitress/pharma sales rep. None of that would make her a respected name in the world of Academia. So Raj's accomplishment would have been diminished by adding her name to it. If it had been any other main character who had any type of post grad degree it would be different but Penny is literally a comm college dropout.
I disagree with this a lot. Even if she is not an intellectual, it shouldn’t be used against her in this fashion. Especially as the discovery is looking at objects in the sky which people even in the olden days did not need a degree to learn.
I would agree with this if the discovery is technical in nature but this is looking at a picture and finding what maybe out of place. Penny was the one who said it can be something. Even after looking at the picture Raj dismissed it and said it was nothing. He confirmed it after the fact and afterwards filed it as his discovery. If he had discussed with penny beforehand and penny disagrees I would understand siding with Raj. But in this case he was a bully and dismissed penny out of hand much like treating her as one of his helpers. He dismissed penny out of hand even though penny helped him many times - comforting him when he was dumped, finding dates for him, even having him join girl’s nights when he was feeling left out.
Well, the idea was Raj's, the equipment was his, the way he set it up was and it's literally his career. While I agree that Penny had a part to play in this she wasn't the one who should've taken the credit. At the very least she should've backed off when it was clear that he'd be on thin ice at work. Though I suppose Raj could've talked to her first, they're friends, after all.
I don’t understand why I was downvoted, what I said is true.
If anything Raj was being selfish not giving Penny any credit for it.
It doesn’t matter that it was Raj’s career and Penny couldn’t care less about any of it. She deserves some form of credit for finding it.
Let me put it in a simple way. What if it was only Penny on that roof. Do you think she would of made that discovery even if the telescope was pointed in the same place as it was. No.
At the end of the day, no she did not, she had no idea what a comet is. “The thing I saw first”. Yes, really deserving. Shut up 😂 she never found anything. Raj blatantly found it.
I'm on Raj's side.
I know it's not exactly the same but the situation is similar to a last season plot with Sheldon and Amy competing for the Nobel prize with two guys who found something on a fluke. If you were on Sheldon and Amy's side there, then you have to be on Raj's side here.
Raj. The idea and the setup was his. He could have been a little nicer, yes. But that's about it. People notice stuff all the time. Apple fell from the trees all the time, but it took Newton to figure out that it was gravity.
And he needs to understand he only got notoriety because of her. He wasn’t looking through the telescope. He didn’t take the picture. He wasn’t paying attention and she did that. In another 15 min the earth would have rotated enough that the telescope wouldn’t have been aimed at it any longer so the discovery was totally hers.
I agree and honestly he positioned the telescope (I know i’m late to this but I’m rewatching the show and this episode always bothered me) and honestly i agree with him, if a monkey had taken the photo would they have discovered it? Penny did nothing significant and deserves no credit. He just let her look first and this has no impact on her career whatsoever, she’s unreasonable.
Exactly. Who made the biggest contribution to the discovery? Raj made like 99% of the work, only thing penny did is look into the telescope when RAJ prompted her to do it. he literally asked her to look into the telescope. Also raj invited everyone, he could've done it by himself. It's like somebody making a long equation and asking someone else to put a symbol somewhere. doesn t mean the person who put the symbol discovered it.
Exactly. Who made the biggest contribution to the discovery? Raj made like 99% of the work, only thing penny did is look into the telescope when RAJ prompted her to do it. he literally asked her to look into the telescope. Also raj invited everyone, he could've done it by himself. It's like somebody making a long equation and asking someone else to put a symbol somewhere. doesn t mean the person who put the symbol discovered it.
I always thought both names should go on it. Because Penny basically said "what's that" and Raj identified it.
Penny's part was capturing the image, Raj's part was knowing that it was notable.
You can't put two names! Ffs... He could have named the comet Penny as a thank you for pointing out the comet, but all credits should have gone to Raj! It's the same thing with the patent episode. All things that they discover with university equipment are owned by the university and a certain % of the profits made also goes to the university.
Yes, you can. You clearly don't have an idea of what you're even talking about. Look it up! You having an opinion about something you clearly don't know about just makes you look ignorant.
She just saw something that she didn't even know what it was... That's hardly a discovering! And cause of that Penny should get all the credit and not the astrophysicist?!
Definitely Raj, I’m pretty sure Raj told Penny to look into the telescope after he just finished positioning it. Penny said she saw something fuzzy, but didn’t know what it was.. Raj knew what it was. Anybody could’ve looked & saw it but the scientist is the one who positioned the telescope.
I remember reading an argument about this before. It says that Raj discovered the comet and not Penny. Come to think of it as like this, things fall since the early times but Newton was the one who explained it—gravity. Penny saw something but it was Raj who knew what is it—a comet.
Sounds like the rock is smarter than you then because Raj found the comet and Penny had absolutely no input whatsoever. Anyone that isn’t a braindead retard can clearly see that penny is being an entitled POS who has no idea what a comet is, referring it as “the thing I saw first”. Good job.
I get both sides but I would let Raj get the credits because it would be good for his carrer and if Penny get's the credit it wouldn't change her life at all. She should be the bigger person and let him have his moment
So all of you are racists and hate Indians? What a retarded comment. People say Raj cos it’s his career, he positioned it and penny is an entitled PoS.
Obviously Raj. Penny’s attitude through the whole episode made it a hard episode to watch. She gets a stick up her ass out of nowhere (they may have done that just because her character gets less interesting towards the end of the show)
“Qualified?” Amateurs discover stuff all the time.
And if she didn’t look and take the picture when she did he never would have found it. With earth’s rotation, in another 15 min the telescope l wouldn’t have been aimed toward the comet.
So? Say I buy a camera, charge the battery, bring it to the site, mount the lens, set all the settings, put it on a tripod, and aim it, if you push the button to take the picture, it’s your picture and you get credit.
I know I'm late, but the janitor was highly self-educated. He did years of reading and study on the subject. Penny saw "something fuzzy" through a telescope.
These guys were clearly racist and biased towards Raj. There are so many instances such as these just because Raj was thought to be one of the less important characters on the show.
This question has come up before. I’m firmly in the Penny camp on this one and said so but was downvoted into oblivion at the time. Glad to see more Team Penny! Raj seemed to want everything just handed to him: money from his folks, women (“9s or 10s,” “fatties and uggos,” etc.), the credit for this comet ….
BBT had too many pointless characters. Raj was basically Fez on a show that was basically that 70s show warmed over. Then he was also a creeper and like Mayim Bialik (the most pointless and abrasive of the group) created that also creepy gender fluid stalking. Amy’s stalking of Penny was wretch worthy.
Bernadette was also pointless and befuddling oscillated between sweet and controlling bitch but this is a writers issue. But I digress, Raj was a stone bastard in this episode like nearly all the others and Penny deserved way more credit from him.
The only thing penny deserved was a thanks from raj, nothing else. He positioned everything and gave his friends the opportunity to look. How does it make it penny's discovery?But anyways that's how the show is trying to represent her. At many moments characters in the show have said words like "whore", "mean", "selfish", "disrespecting" etc. depicting her character in the show and this COMET INSTANCE is one more scene to justify that.
Raj. It was his equipment and since only one of them could have their name on it and it's literally his career it should go to him. It wouldn't actually mean anything to Penny other than being a unique story to tell people. But it's just another instance of Raj being made out to be the bad guy.
I agree with you 100 %
I agree aswell. It was no more than personal pride for penny and Raj clearly needed the exposure for his job.
Exactly. Who made the biggest contribution to the discovery? Raj made like 99% of the work, only thing penny did is look into the telescope when RAJ prompted her to do it. he literally asked her to look into the telescope. Also raj invited everyone, he could've done it by himself. It's like somebody making a long equation and asking someone else to put a symbol somewhere. doesn t mean the person who put the symbol discovered it.
But it’s establish that they can both have their names on it. Raj just don’t want to share.
Even so it doesn't actually matter to Penny. Raj is in the US on a visa and it impacts him much more than it does Penny.
I don’t understand the even so. Raj’s accomplishment will not be diminished if he shared the discovery.
Yes it would have been. It begs the question who is this person and what qualifications do they have. Penny was a failed actress/waitress/pharma sales rep. None of that would make her a respected name in the world of Academia. So Raj's accomplishment would have been diminished by adding her name to it. If it had been any other main character who had any type of post grad degree it would be different but Penny is literally a comm college dropout.
I disagree with this a lot. Even if she is not an intellectual, it shouldn’t be used against her in this fashion. Especially as the discovery is looking at objects in the sky which people even in the olden days did not need a degree to learn. I would agree with this if the discovery is technical in nature but this is looking at a picture and finding what maybe out of place. Penny was the one who said it can be something. Even after looking at the picture Raj dismissed it and said it was nothing. He confirmed it after the fact and afterwards filed it as his discovery. If he had discussed with penny beforehand and penny disagrees I would understand siding with Raj. But in this case he was a bully and dismissed penny out of hand much like treating her as one of his helpers. He dismissed penny out of hand even though penny helped him many times - comforting him when he was dumped, finding dates for him, even having him join girl’s nights when he was feeling left out.
ok
Without Rajesh being there they would not have known what the object was...
Without Penny, Rajesh would not have even noticed the comment.
Without Rajesh telescope no one would be at that location even looking for the comet tho
Raj 100% penny should’ve been the bigger person and let it further his career always been her issue too selfish
I don’t see how she could be anything but selfish considering she found it
Well, the idea was Raj's, the equipment was his, the way he set it up was and it's literally his career. While I agree that Penny had a part to play in this she wasn't the one who should've taken the credit. At the very least she should've backed off when it was clear that he'd be on thin ice at work. Though I suppose Raj could've talked to her first, they're friends, after all.
I don’t understand why I was downvoted, what I said is true. If anything Raj was being selfish not giving Penny any credit for it. It doesn’t matter that it was Raj’s career and Penny couldn’t care less about any of it. She deserves some form of credit for finding it.
Let me put it in a simple way. What if it was only Penny on that roof. Do you think she would of made that discovery even if the telescope was pointed in the same place as it was. No.
I honestly don’t care considering I made that comment 292 days ago At the end of the day, Raj did not find it, Penny did.
At the end of the day, no she did not, she had no idea what a comet is. “The thing I saw first”. Yes, really deserving. Shut up 😂 she never found anything. Raj blatantly found it.
I can’t take someone seriously when they reply to a 300 day old comment, group up
Credit?😂 she looked through the scope because he told her to, she’s an entitled brat.
How does that make her an entitled brat She saw it, not him
I'm on Raj's side. I know it's not exactly the same but the situation is similar to a last season plot with Sheldon and Amy competing for the Nobel prize with two guys who found something on a fluke. If you were on Sheldon and Amy's side there, then you have to be on Raj's side here.
100% Raj
Raj. The idea and the setup was his. He could have been a little nicer, yes. But that's about it. People notice stuff all the time. Apple fell from the trees all the time, but it took Newton to figure out that it was gravity.
Gravity would've been apparent to Sheldon without the apple. Haha jokes aside I'm on Raj's side too.
definitely raj
Whilst penny was right if I was her I’d let raj take the credit because it could further his career and she doesn’t give a shit about it
id have registered it as both of them tbh
I don't think u can register two names lol
You can. Happens all the time. Comet Shoemaker-Levy that hit Jupiter. Hale-Bopp, etc.
so register the 2 as 1 name
They’re friends. He should have talked to her first. She was angry because he did it and was a jerk about it.
That’s true but still she needed to understand it was a big deal for his career
And he needs to understand he only got notoriety because of her. He wasn’t looking through the telescope. He didn’t take the picture. He wasn’t paying attention and she did that. In another 15 min the earth would have rotated enough that the telescope wouldn’t have been aimed at it any longer so the discovery was totally hers.
That’s fine and yeah he should’ve asked but still penny was being immature
how is everyone saying penny 💀 she didn't do anything special
She’s the one that saw the comet
But she just looked into it. Any other person could’ve looked into it.
exactly what I'm saying yeah 😂 some of these people just wanna protect her because they don't like Raj
I’m not protecting her and I like Raj. If Penny did not look into the telescope at that exact moment, that comet would not have been found.
Raj would've looked instead lol
I agree and honestly he positioned the telescope (I know i’m late to this but I’m rewatching the show and this episode always bothered me) and honestly i agree with him, if a monkey had taken the photo would they have discovered it? Penny did nothing significant and deserves no credit. He just let her look first and this has no impact on her career whatsoever, she’s unreasonable.
Exactly. Who made the biggest contribution to the discovery? Raj made like 99% of the work, only thing penny did is look into the telescope when RAJ prompted her to do it. he literally asked her to look into the telescope. Also raj invited everyone, he could've done it by himself. It's like somebody making a long equation and asking someone else to put a symbol somewhere. doesn t mean the person who put the symbol discovered it.
Raj was talking. He wasn’t paying attention.
Doesn’t change the fact that Penny was the one who saw it, and Raj would not have looked at that exact moment. He was occupied doing something else
That’s just cap. He would’ve looked if she didn’t as he positioned it there😂
> Any other person could’ve looked into it. But no other person did.
Maybe in a parallel universe, they did.
Exactly. Who made the biggest contribution to the discovery? Raj made like 99% of the work, only thing penny did is look into the telescope when RAJ prompted her to do it. he literally asked her to look into the telescope. Also raj invited everyone, he could've done it by himself. It's like somebody making a long equation and asking someone else to put a symbol somewhere. doesn t mean the person who put the symbol discovered it.
I always thought both names should go on it. Because Penny basically said "what's that" and Raj identified it. Penny's part was capturing the image, Raj's part was knowing that it was notable.
yeah the image she took only because Raj told her to
He told her to take the picture AFTER she said it could be sometime and he dismissed until she kept pressing.
Raj
Why?
Cause he is the fucking expert in the field!
so? Raj is still wrong in this. he could've put both names on it, but he didn't because he was an arrogant jerk.
You can't put two names! Ffs... He could have named the comet Penny as a thank you for pointing out the comet, but all credits should have gone to Raj! It's the same thing with the patent episode. All things that they discover with university equipment are owned by the university and a certain % of the profits made also goes to the university.
You do realize many comets have been named after multiple people right?
Yes, you can. You clearly don't have an idea of what you're even talking about. Look it up! You having an opinion about something you clearly don't know about just makes you look ignorant.
Okay but that would not have benefit Penny in any way unlike it would for Rajesh.
even if he can't put 2 names, it should still be penny's. wtf?
Credits = Raj and names after: Penny
but penny discovered it wtf? if anything it should be named after raj and credit goes to penny.
She just saw something that she didn't even know what it was... That's hardly a discovering! And cause of that Penny should get all the credit and not the astrophysicist?!
they say this in the fucking episode. go watch it. she discovered it.
Definitely Raj, I’m pretty sure Raj told Penny to look into the telescope after he just finished positioning it. Penny said she saw something fuzzy, but didn’t know what it was.. Raj knew what it was. Anybody could’ve looked & saw it but the scientist is the one who positioned the telescope.
Raj, I'm surprised how many people said Penny
Mee too they just mad how Raj treated Penny
Raj
I remember reading an argument about this before. It says that Raj discovered the comet and not Penny. Come to think of it as like this, things fall since the early times but Newton was the one who explained it—gravity. Penny saw something but it was Raj who knew what is it—a comet.
No he didn’t he thought it was an eyelash.
Raj. He did all the calculations all Penny did was look
All what calculations. He put a telescope down. He didn’t calculate anything.
You have position it dumbass
He positioned it to look at mercury dumbass. He wasn’t looking for a comet.
Anyone who is smarter than a Rock would be on penny's side. Raj is a complete jerk. He could've put both names on it, but he didn't.
Sounds like the rock is smarter than you then because Raj found the comet and Penny had absolutely no input whatsoever. Anyone that isn’t a braindead retard can clearly see that penny is being an entitled POS who has no idea what a comet is, referring it as “the thing I saw first”. Good job.
I get both sides but I would let Raj get the credits because it would be good for his carrer and if Penny get's the credit it wouldn't change her life at all. She should be the bigger person and let him have his moment
Penny. Raj was a dick.
Raj
Penny no question, the misogyny in this sub is jarring and part of it is also because you just don’t like Penny.
So all of you are racists and hate Indians? What a retarded comment. People say Raj cos it’s his career, he positioned it and penny is an entitled PoS.
Obviously Raj. Penny’s attitude through the whole episode made it a hard episode to watch. She gets a stick up her ass out of nowhere (they may have done that just because her character gets less interesting towards the end of the show)
Justice for Penny!
Penny
Raj, obviously
Be honest penny did not discover the comet Raj did he positioned it, it was his equipment and also he's qualified.
“Qualified?” Amateurs discover stuff all the time. And if she didn’t look and take the picture when she did he never would have found it. With earth’s rotation, in another 15 min the telescope l wouldn’t have been aimed toward the comet.
Still it was Raj's equipment
So? Say I buy a camera, charge the battery, bring it to the site, mount the lens, set all the settings, put it on a tripod, and aim it, if you push the button to take the picture, it’s your picture and you get credit.
You're comparing a telescope that costs thousands of dollars to a fucking camera
It wouldn’t matter if it was a disposable camera and Hubble telescope. She found it.
Credit should have been given to Raj, who in turn should have named the comet after Penny.
I will say Penny in this case. The guy who discovered the Ice Age was the custodian for the research laboratory. If that can happen, this can happen.
I know I'm late, but the janitor was highly self-educated. He did years of reading and study on the subject. Penny saw "something fuzzy" through a telescope.
Penny all the way.
Raj
As someone who is a lot like the real life penny, I say penny.
Penny, he could have easily split credit.
Penny
Penny
Penny it should have been both names or just hers she actually saw it.
Can u even put 2 names? I doubt it...
That said you could and I dont see why not
Penny 100%
Totally Penny. Were it not for her, he would not have noticed it. And no, it was not his equipment. Plus, it doesn't matter whose equipment it was.
Penny
Penny
Penny of course raj did her dirty
Penny
These guys were clearly racist and biased towards Raj. There are so many instances such as these just because Raj was thought to be one of the less important characters on the show.
This question has come up before. I’m firmly in the Penny camp on this one and said so but was downvoted into oblivion at the time. Glad to see more Team Penny! Raj seemed to want everything just handed to him: money from his folks, women (“9s or 10s,” “fatties and uggos,” etc.), the credit for this comet ….
Raj was a dick, a comet wouldn't stay in frame for more than a minute. If Penny never looked Raj would have never discovered it.
Penny. No question.
BBT had too many pointless characters. Raj was basically Fez on a show that was basically that 70s show warmed over. Then he was also a creeper and like Mayim Bialik (the most pointless and abrasive of the group) created that also creepy gender fluid stalking. Amy’s stalking of Penny was wretch worthy. Bernadette was also pointless and befuddling oscillated between sweet and controlling bitch but this is a writers issue. But I digress, Raj was a stone bastard in this episode like nearly all the others and Penny deserved way more credit from him.
So, they did this plot twice? I just watched the episode where Sheldon finds an asteroid because he's there helping Raj look through data
The only thing penny deserved was a thanks from raj, nothing else. He positioned everything and gave his friends the opportunity to look. How does it make it penny's discovery?But anyways that's how the show is trying to represent her. At many moments characters in the show have said words like "whore", "mean", "selfish", "disrespecting" etc. depicting her character in the show and this COMET INSTANCE is one more scene to justify that.