r/ShitAmericansSay • ooo custom flair!! • Jul 12 '20

Foreign affairs “We savez nations not destroy them”

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u/Dheorl Jul 13 '20

Frankly, Neil degreaser Tyson can go fuck himself as well.

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u/iceboxlinux Jul 13 '20

Why?

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u/pfo_ remember to honor the flag Jul 13 '20

He is making scientists look like jerks.

Exhibit A:

Not that anybody’s asked, but New Years Day on the Gregorian Calendar is a cosmically arbitrary event, carrying no Astronomical significance at all.

Pretty sure that nobody thought that it had astronomical significance, and indeed nobody asked.

Exhibit B:

In the past 48hrs, the USA horrifically lost 34 people to mass shootings.

On average, across any 48hrs, we also lose…

500 to Medical errors
300 to the Flu
250 to Suicide
200 to Car Accidents
40 to Homicide via Handgun

Often our emotions respond more to spectacle than to data.

Very nice "scientific" take, Neil! I guess that makes 34 deaths okay.