Telling Tim Cook about the sweatshops making Apple products while he expected just to luxuriate in his new role as a Hollywood producer was pretty fucking current and very funny. 

It sounds like the only person who is having trouble struggling with their emotional regulation right now is you.

So let’s tick down the line of how I know you’re a Trump supporter:

YES. Somewhere along the way NGT annointed himself Sagan’s successor (yes, Sagan met him and encouraged him, but seriously) and though I appreciate NGT’s writing and educational efforts, he is not the next Sagan. 

It was Carl Sagan. It was always Carl Sagan. When he left there was Neil, grabbing, grabbing, grabbing.

Agreed, and too many TV personalities treat him like royalty.  They shouldn’t.  There’s plenty of other “science educators” out there who aren’t dicks.

That makes sense, empathy is a requirement to understand consent.

I feel like a bit of a cult of personality enveloped him, and it went to his head.

It’s really incredible, honestly. He had this meteoric rise (no pun intended) as that cool “liberal” scientist guy. But that meteor is burning out in the atmosphere now.

Tyson can sit down, shut up, and listen to scientists with actual expertise relevant to the U.S.’s mass shooting epidemic.

The best kind of brilliant people are ones who know how to hide their intelligence (not pretend to be dumb, but to actually be very humble) and bring it out in impressive ways only when necessary... he can’t seem to be this person. 

First thing I notice is that aside from suicide the others are generally not intentional acts. We also actively try to improve all of those other things as well so they happen less frequently. There are checks and balances and hard stops in the medical field to reduce errors. We try to vaccinate against the flu even…

I never could stand NDT, and it offends me that he’s considered the heir to the throne of Carl Sagan. Sagan was a constant advocate for science and was personable and empathetic. In contrast, Tyson is a pedant that thinks he’s the science pope.

Looks like we can add empathy along w/ consent to the list of things Tyson doesn’t understand.

Neil,

Tyson is the Big Bang Theory of scientists. It’s “science” for people who know nothing about science. 

As a so called student of Carl Sagan, his entire lack of compassion for fellow humans shows how much he wasn’t paying attention.

I’m generally on the pro pedant side of things, especially in NdGTs style. This though? Fuck this shit.

Could you put the bottle in the freezer upside down, then just take off the cap and pour through a strainer into a different bottle? Seems easier (read: lazier) than carving a hole in the frozen oil, and I am very lazy. :)