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I am on astronomy TikToks a lot these days. The amount of people who think the sun is a ball of lava is depressing. I am grateful of the steady, consistent educ
by PeterCorless 2y ago
I am on astronomy TikToks a lot these days. The amount of people who think the sun is a ball of lava is depressing. I am grateful of the steady, consistent education of physicists and astronomers who patiently explain the difference day-in, and day-out. ("No, it's far hotter than that...")
- shrimp_emoji 2y agoThat you're "on astronomy TikToks a lot these days" is depressing.
- PeterCorless 2y agoI play them in the background while working. It's actually rather nice. Professor Nixy caught a flare that almost went X-class the other day.
- shrimp_emoji 2y agoOh. Well, then you have me beat. When boredom increases and task difficulty decreases, my go-to work background is Twitch streams, which are perfect for background-filler purposes but make me want to kill myself. Astronomy TikToks are better.
- ziddoap 2y agoI think it's a very good thing that science educators can reach millions and millions of people they couldn't before. Probably one of the few unequivocally good uses for social media / video sharing platforms. Which part are you finding depressing?
- 4ad 2y agoA recent astronomy video that really depressed me was this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG8SwAFQFuU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG8SwAFQFuU.