▲ 312 ▼ Neil deGrasse Tyson Complains That “Dune 2” Isn’t a Shining Beacon of Scientific Accuracy (futurism.com) submitted 2 years ago by ylai@lemmy.ml to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 139 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] HorriblePerson@feddit.nl 67 points 2 years ago (1 child) That man's pedantry is truly beyond parody. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago (1 child) Honestly I think it's just his form of boomer humor. Like he slaps his brain knee. At least it's weird and not like malicious. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] drislands@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (2 children) Ehhhh sometimes it goes too far. I remember one time he commented after a mass shooting that, uhm ackshually the flu kills more people than mass shootings so why are you all upset? It was pretty offensive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (2 children) I wouldn't call it offensive. It's factual. It is insensitive. It's not thinking of those that died and their families. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago it'd work if it was just used to point out that WE NEED WELL FUNDED UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE permalink fedilink source parent [–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I would consider it offensive to belittle the murder of children/adults just because diseases kill more people. That's such a smooth brain take, and is honestly something I'd expect to come out of a Republican politician. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nifty@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Yikes he needs a social media person to clear his tweets permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago (1 child) Honestly I think it's just his form of boomer humor. Like he slaps his brain knee. At least it's weird and not like malicious. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] drislands@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (2 children) Ehhhh sometimes it goes too far. I remember one time he commented after a mass shooting that, uhm ackshually the flu kills more people than mass shootings so why are you all upset? It was pretty offensive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (2 children) I wouldn't call it offensive. It's factual. It is insensitive. It's not thinking of those that died and their families. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago it'd work if it was just used to point out that WE NEED WELL FUNDED UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE permalink fedilink source parent [–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I would consider it offensive to belittle the murder of children/adults just because diseases kill more people. That's such a smooth brain take, and is honestly something I'd expect to come out of a Republican politician. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nifty@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Yikes he needs a social media person to clear his tweets permalink fedilink source parent
[–] drislands@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (2 children) Ehhhh sometimes it goes too far. I remember one time he commented after a mass shooting that, uhm ackshually the flu kills more people than mass shootings so why are you all upset? It was pretty offensive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (2 children) I wouldn't call it offensive. It's factual. It is insensitive. It's not thinking of those that died and their families. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago it'd work if it was just used to point out that WE NEED WELL FUNDED UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE permalink fedilink source parent [–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I would consider it offensive to belittle the murder of children/adults just because diseases kill more people. That's such a smooth brain take, and is honestly something I'd expect to come out of a Republican politician. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nifty@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Yikes he needs a social media person to clear his tweets permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (2 children) I wouldn't call it offensive. It's factual. It is insensitive. It's not thinking of those that died and their families. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago it'd work if it was just used to point out that WE NEED WELL FUNDED UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE permalink fedilink source parent [–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I would consider it offensive to belittle the murder of children/adults just because diseases kill more people. That's such a smooth brain take, and is honestly something I'd expect to come out of a Republican politician. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago it'd work if it was just used to point out that WE NEED WELL FUNDED UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I would consider it offensive to belittle the murder of children/adults just because diseases kill more people. That's such a smooth brain take, and is honestly something I'd expect to come out of a Republican politician. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nifty@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Yikes he needs a social media person to clear his tweets permalink fedilink source parent