"I'm taking this off you, Bill, and giving it to some CEO who said AI will fix climate change"
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Bill Nye graciously accepts the Power Bottom Lifetime Achievement award.
"I hope this medal makes up for 2024 being the year of highest oil production in US history. Which happened in defiance of all the climate science you've been trying to tell us about. You know, as part of the years of science education this award honors."
This is just depressing..
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Who? Corporate executives?
It has SWARES!! SWARES, I tell you!
Somehow in spite of his negative comments he still gets the recognition he deserves from the authority structure. Whereas in the social mediasphere if he so much as Liked a disapproved tweet he would be crowd-demonized as The Enemy, his accomplishments would mean nothing, and saying anything good about him would be widely condemned.
I think that, vocal complainers aside, he's still overall fairly popular. A popular white man saying wise stuff is a great opportunity to signal how committed you are to science without having to put actually significant amounts of money on the line or entering the minefield that is angering the anti-"woke" crowd. He's a safe investment in public appearances.
Doesn't mean they'll have to listen to him. He gets a more sombre version of the Jester's Privilege that allows him to say whatever he wants, they'll nod and applaud and perform all the gestures of approval, but they won't actually change anything.
The other half of it is probably the Internet Outrage culture that sees inciting content get more engagement and boosted visibility in a self-perpetuating cycle of upset. Legitimate criticism drowns in a sea of bullshit, everyone's pissed off and we're all easily swept up in the current of emotion. If we're not mad at one person, we're mad at the people pointlessly or excessively mad at them. If we try to stem against that, we're dogpiled by loud complainers while quiet agreement leaves an upvote and moves on.
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I hope this medal makes up for 2024 being the year of highest oil production in US history.
i'm actually curious to know how it compares to global production. With the war in ukraine and what not, kicked a HUGE export market right off a cliff.
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I was Biden my time, but the time is Nye.
Good work in school young man.
"Maybe after I choke him with this that God damn song will finally get out of my head..."
Bill Nye receiving Medal of Freedom for his dedication to science education :)
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"Necromancer of the year being awarded to Bill Nye, delivered by the achievement that earned this medal: the animated corpse of Joseph Biden."
Biden wispers in his ear, "inertia is a property of matter"
This image makes me feel old
“I used to watch you when you were a kid”
Wait….
And one day, when they feel you've paid enough, they'll give you a medal and serve you salmon and potato salad as well
They'll pat you on the back – tell you all is forgiven. Just remember, it won't be for you...
It will be for them.
"Did you fart, or was that me?"
"I'm... not sure."
Okay everybody, im done with the proudest moment of my life now. Someone please wake him up.
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What ever happened to Beakman?
Last I saw him, he was hanging out with Captain Disillusion.
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Biden hands our award for worst Netflix show ever.
I do love Bill. His newer show was just awful though.
Animorphs cover art is coming along well.
Why is the frontman of talking heads being given a medal by the dude from Bram Stokers Dracula?
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SCIENCE RULES!
Biden thinking: "Think fast. How do I seamlessly thread this ribbon under the iconic Bowtie of Science? All without losing my balance."
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