My physics teacher was a hobbyist astronomer, on the morning of my birthday I got to watch mercy sun transit through his telescope.
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anothercatgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
on the morning of my birthday I got to watch mercy sun transit through his telescope.
Is… this a euphemism for sex? Lol
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Eyy bby, want some planetary star transits?
anothercatgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
No that’s an actual astronomical event
tetris11@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
I got to watch mercy sun transit through his telescope.
Did he also teach you how to milk a cow blindfolded?
anothercatgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
No, that’s not related to astronomy
modifier@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
This actually made me tear up. What the fuck is wrong with me?
Shanmugha@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You are perfectly fine, the world has gone crazy and you feel it
errer@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Haha I wish being an astronomer involved staring at the sky instead of staring into a computer screen…
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
[deleted]phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Unfortunately, I can. 30% of Americans are actively antiscience/reality and they for sure enforce it on their kids. Another 40% honestly don’t give a fuck and again show that apathy to their kids. Leaves 30% who care but doesn’t exclude those who are limited by socioeconomics.
You talk to people and realize their parents never drove them out of the light pollution late at night to see a meteor shower or comet pass by never showed them any of the constellations, etc. Applies to all science really but astronomy is often put on the wayside even more than others because a lot of people really aren’t curious about space anymore.
SockOlm@hexbear.net 10 months ago
‘staring into space’ for the kid could also mean zoning out/not paying attention
callyral@pawb.social 10 months ago
I think they mean “staring into space” as in “staring into the distance during class”
Atomic@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I don’t think the author have any idea at all about what astronomers actually do…
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 10 months ago
[deleted]Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You’re not entirely wrong, but it’s still a slap in the face to all the progress that has been made int he last 50 years for women in stem recognition.
BurnedDonutHole@ani.social 10 months ago
They always say insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results yet we respect meteorologist about how the weather would be everyday and plan our days accordingly. Science is not just towards everything. System is rigged :-p
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
My weird ass gifts have kept me from dying, I guess. I’m just waiting for my medal now.
… Any day now…
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
This is a great template for so many things
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Klear@lemmy.world 10 months ago
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ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
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