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Is the double standard that normal people can “tell jokes” but scientists are “spreading fake news”?

• gala8y 4y ago
  > people can “tell jokes” I think his tweet lacked signaling that is was in fact a joke. That makes a difference.
  • mcphage 4y ago
    I think the picture of chorizo was the signal that it was a joke.
    • gala8y 4y ago
      Well... sure. If I look at this, something is off for me and I get the cue (I would not say it was chorizo, though), but he released it into the wild. For many this would not be a joke until they see follow up tweet - they are missing this cue. I am not in the camp of delicate snowflakes, but he shouldn't be surprised doing it like this in the wild. Added - ...and I surely know it's just too big. It's just not so much good of a joke, I think.
      • mcphage 4y ago
        > It's just not so much good of a joke, I think. I suppose that’s why he went into astrophysics instead of comedy.
  • misnome 4y ago
    That’s the joke