Sheldon Cooper, not to be confused with the Sheldon Cooper Particle (which incidentally has no social skills either), is a remarkable specimen of human nerdery. With an IQ that could give the supercomputer Deep Thought a run for its money, he's made quite a name for himself in the Pasadena sector of planet Earth – mostly for being able to recite the periodic table backwards while hopping on one foot. Obsessed with comic books, trains, and the intriguing social ritual known as 'bazinga', Sheldon is a character you'd find uniquely entertaining or maddeningly insufferable; there's no in-between.
If you find yourself bound for Earth and decide to pay a visit, it's generally advised to brush up on your Klingon, lest you be considered an uneducated Philistine.
Sheldon can be located by triangulating the sounds of exasperated sighs and the phrase 'That's my spot' emanating from a charmingly mismatched apartment in Pasadena. Alternatively, check for disturbances in the local fabric of space-time caused by paradoxical board game rules he's created.
Do avoid approaching Sheldon with a handshake; it's a well-known fact that he has a handshake phobia which may result in him initiating a containment breach protocol involving a hazmat suit.
Sheldon once attempted to claim squatter's rights on the newly discovered Earth-like planet, Gliese 581g, based solely on him calling dibs in a game of intergalactic Monopoly.
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