Current Events > Bill Nye Gets Roasted for pandering

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wllc5gSc-N8

This is the most brutal youtube comment section I've ever seen. Everyone is fed up, even progressives
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I don't even want to watch this. Bill Nye really missing the mark here.
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Remember when Bill Nye just talked about science? Good times
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give someone new a handy
and give yourself props

that and bill nye bouncing around the turntables/mixer was the most cringeworthy shit about that
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triggered
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I loved Bill Nye as a kid, but facing the reality that he's not really the objective scientist he portrayed has been rough.
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This is awful. It almost ruins my childhood.
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It's sad to see great people fall.
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How much is he getting paid for this
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So Bill Nye wants to pretend his show is about actual science and then he pushes this gender fluidity shit?

What a failure. Glad I didn't start watching that.
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my god

maybe the Christian right was correct. moral degenerecy is real and dangerous.
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The Admiral posted...

So Bill Nye wants to pretend his show is about actual science and then he pushes this gender fluidity shit?

What a failure. Glad I didn't start watching that.

no you should watch it, it's painfully hilarious. there's a part where he bobs his head to the music lmao. bill nye has gone full senile
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foreveraIone posted...

How much is he getting paid for this

Obviously enough that he doesn't care what he is pushing.

Corporations still haven't figured out most people don't like this shit and they are paying Bill Nye to do this.

Shut the fuck up. Bill Nye was a hero of mine. I'd rather he be a money grubber than believe in this shit. ;_;
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foreveraIone posted...

Corporations still haven't figured out most people don't like this shit and they are paying Bill Nye to do this.

Shut the fuck up. Bill Nye was a hero of mine. I'd rather he be a money grubber than believe in this shit. ;_;

which makes me wonder if he was also paid to do all that climate change alarmism bullshit.
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can't believe the fake scientist was a fake scientist all along
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I believe strongly in LGBTQ rights (I am bisexual myself), but science should not be slanted by the political views of the day. It was bad for Galileo, Copernicus and Darwin. We can promote transgender and gender fluidity without having to shoehorn it into a show supposedly about objective science.
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meingott posted...

foreveraIone posted...

Corporations still haven't figured out most people don't like this shit and they are paying Bill Nye to do this.

Shut the fuck up. Bill Nye was a hero of mine. I'd rather he be a money grubber than believe in this shit. ;_;

which makes me wonder if he was also paid to do all that climate change alarmism bullshit.

This is the big problem, IMO. Once you start mixing pseudoscience like this into a show that you claim is all about promoting real science, you open it all up to criticism. This is how you get people who were curious and on the fence to tune out.
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Coffeebeanz posted...

I believe strongly in LGBTQ rights (I am bisexual myself), but science should not be slanted by the political views of the day. It was bad for Galileo, Copernicus and Darwin. We can promote transgender and gender fluidity without having to shoehorn it into a show supposedly about objective science.

since when isn't the concept of gender fluidity complete bullshit?
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Also. If sarm were still here. He'd be splooging over Rachel Bloom's creepy and unfunny ass.
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meingott posted...

my god

maybe the Christian right was correct. moral degenerecy is real and dangerous.

The Christian right at least could see it coming.

I fear for the younger generations because it has to be confusing as fuck.
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I've yet to watch any of this show, and doubt I will outside of just curiosity, but it sounds like Bill Nye presents everything in an insulting manner and does nothing to actually educate people. Rather insult them for not already agreeing with him. I don't see what a show like that does for anyone. People who already agree already know what he's going to say, people who don't agree is going to turn it off because being insulted by the host of a show sure doesn't sound like something I'd want to watch.
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meingott posted...

Coffeebeanz posted...

I believe strongly in LGBTQ rights (I am bisexual myself), but science should not be slanted by the political views of the day. It was bad for Galileo, Copernicus and Darwin. We can promote transgender and gender fluidity without having to shoehorn it into a show supposedly about objective science.

since when isn't the concept of gender fluidity complete bullshit?

That's not the point. It's a philosophical concept defined by political discourse. It's not science.
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gender fluidity is complete bullshit when it comes to science
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Coffeebeanz posted...

meingott posted...

Coffeebeanz posted...

I believe strongly in LGBTQ rights (I am bisexual myself), but science should not be slanted by the political views of the day. It was bad for Galileo, Copernicus and Darwin. We can promote transgender and gender fluidity without having to shoehorn it into a show supposedly about objective science.

since when isn't the concept of gender fluidity complete bullshit?

That's not the point. It's a philosophical concept defined by political discourse. It's not science.

Feelings can't be science?
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SoraOwnsOctopus posted...

Remember when Bill Nye just talked about science? Good times

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Error1355 posted...

I've yet to watch any of this show, and doubt I will outside of just curiosity, but it sounds like Bill Nye presents everything in an insulting manner and does nothing to actually educate people. Rather insult them for not already agreeing with him. I don't see what a show like that does for anyone. People who already agree already know what he's going to say, people who don't agree is going to turn it off because being insulted by the host of a show sure doesn't sound like something I'd want to watch.

Yeah even though I don't really like the guy who made the ARK thing, Bill Nye showing up with a camera crew just to try to prove "faith" wrong and arguing with the guy for half an hour pretty much showed his true colors. He just acted like an asshole that shouldn't had even showed up at a Noah's Ark reproduction.

"Oh I'm Bill Nye I'm totally gonna crush this man, with strong faith and conviction in his god, by using the scientific method". Doesn't work like that Bill.
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yem69420 posted...

meingott posted...

my god

maybe the Christian right was correct. moral degenerecy is real and dangerous.

The Christian right at least could see it coming.

I fear for the younger generations because it has to be confusing as fuck.

i heard that gen z is gonna be the most conservative generation since the WW2 generation
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"Everyone's fed up, even progressives! And to prove it, here's a comment section filled up with alt-right trolls, some of which are pretending to be progressives! Take that Bill Nye, you got roasted... on the internet. By conservative trolls. Buuuurn."
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Gizmodo said it best

Instead, we watched for an excruciating five minutes as Nye pitted Jacobson against another of his round table guests, energy and environment reporter Richard Martin, to explain at a ten-year-old level why Martin is like, totally wrong and dumb for thinking nuclear power should be part of our energy future, too. The entire exchange was apparently intended to bolster the (not exactly scientific) viewpoint Nye interjected throughout the segment, that “nobody wants nuclear power

This, unfortunately, is quintessential of the show%u2014a small amount of information packaged to promote a cartoon-caricature understanding of a complex science issue, slanted to the POV of an unabashedly political science comedian


A real show about science education would present the facts and let them speak for themselves. The anti-nuclear power example is one of many examples of how the show actually makes a mockery out of objective scientific discourse. And it damages the narrative that scientists try to be as objective as possible.
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Anyways. If any of you wonder why I am such a conspiracy theorist about this stuff. This video is basically why.
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oh shit the show is anti nuclear?

soros got to em mane
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Coffeebeanz posted...

meingott posted...

Coffeebeanz posted...

I believe strongly in LGBTQ rights (I am bisexual myself), but science should not be slanted by the political views of the day. It was bad for Galileo, Copernicus and Darwin. We can promote transgender and gender fluidity without having to shoehorn it into a show supposedly about objective science.

since when isn't the concept of gender fluidity complete bullshit?

That's not the point. It's a philosophical concept defined by political discourse. It's not science.

so it's a complete bullshit concept? got it.
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yem69420 posted...

oh shit the show is anti nuclear?

soros got to em mane

soros is anti nuclear? what the fuck why
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Coffeebeanz posted...

I believe strongly in LGBTQ rights (I am bisexual myself), but science should not be slanted by the political views of the day. It was bad for Galileo, Copernicus and Darwin. We can promote transgender and gender fluidity without having to shoehorn it into a show supposedly about objective science.

No. We should only support those concepts if they are supported by science. Does gender fluidity have any merit to it?
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It's a prank, bro. - Bill Nye (2019)
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Coffeebeanz posted...

Gizmodo said it best

Instead, we watched for an excruciating five minutes as Nye pitted Jacobson against another of his round table guests, energy and environment reporter Richard Martin, to explain at a ten-year-old level why Martin is like, totally wrong and dumb for thinking nuclear power should be part of our energy future, too. The entire exchange was apparently intended to bolster the (not exactly scientific) viewpoint Nye interjected throughout the segment, that “nobody wants nuclear power

A real show about science education would present the facts and let them speak for themselves. The anti-nuclear power example is one of many examples of how the show actually makes a mockery out of objective scientific discourse. And it damages the narrative that scientists try to be as objective as possible.

Yeah, this is ridiculous. An anti-Nuclear stance at this point, given the safety advances of modern nuclear facilities, is completely political. The newest Gen III+ nuclear plants produce almost no waste and can't be used to create weapons-grade plutonium. There isn't a scientific argument to made against them. If it wasn't for the public sentiment against nuclear, this would be by far the cleanest and most cost efficient source of energy we would rely on at this point.
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hockeybub89 posted...

Coffeebeanz posted...

I believe strongly in LGBTQ rights (I am bisexual myself), but science should not be slanted by the political views of the day. It was bad for Galileo, Copernicus and Darwin. We can promote transgender and gender fluidity without having to shoehorn it into a show supposedly about objective science.

No. We should only support those concepts if they are supported by science. Does gender fluidity have any merit to it?

I'm totally ok with a discussion of the science behind why it should be accepted. Differences in neurochemistry, etc.
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meingott posted...

i heard that gen z is gonna be the most conservative generation since the WW2 generation

my gf is part of "gen z" (21) and she is DEFINITELY not conservative, and neither are her friends. I hate to say it but they are all whores or were whores in the past.

But considering how much of a lefty I was at 21, and the fact that my GF really doesn't even know shit about politics, I imagine that is gonna change.

The funny part about her leaning left as far as sexuality and shit like that goes, she can be quite racist at times, likely not even realizing she's being racist.
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meingott posted...

yem69420 posted...

meingott posted...

my god

maybe the Christian right was correct. moral degenerecy is real and dangerous.

The Christian right at least could see it coming.

I fear for the younger generations because it has to be confusing as fuck.

i heard that gen z is gonna be the most conservative generation since the WW2 generation

They'll still be much smarter than the WW2 generation. The world is ever progressing. They aren't going to be socially backwards Christians.
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yem69420 posted...

meingott posted...

i heard that gen z is gonna be the most conservative generation since the WW2 generation

my gf is part of "gen z" (21) and she is DEFINITELY not conservative, and neither are her friends. I hate to say it but they are all whores or were whores in the past.

But considering how much of a lefty I was at 21, and the fact that my GF really doesn't even know shit about politics, I imagine that is gonna change.

The funny part about her leaning left as far as sexuality and shit like that goes, she can be quite racist at times, likely not even realizing she's being racist.

Dude I think you need to dump your girlfriend, it doesn't sound like you even like her.
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yem69420 posted...

meingott posted...

i heard that gen z is gonna be the most conservative generation since the WW2 generation

my gf is part of "gen z" (21) and she is DEFINITELY not conservative, and neither are her friends. I hate to say it but they are all whores or were whores in the past.

But considering how much of a lefty I was at 21, and the fact that my GF really doesn't even know shit about politics, I imagine that is gonna change.

The funny part about her leaning left as far as sexuality and shit like that goes, she can be quite racist at times, likely not even realizing she's being racist.

How does that exclude her from being a conservative though?
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Bill sold out, yo. Sad times.
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I'm old enough to remember when being a conservative meant more than simply hating on liberals.

wah_wah_wah posted...

I'm old enough to remember when being a conservative meant more than simply hating on liberals.

That died out with Barry Goldwater and William F Buckley
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Coffeebeanz posted...

wah_wah_wah posted...

I'm old enough to remember when being a conservative meant more than simply hating on liberals.

That died out with Barry Goldwater and William F Buckley

I think an appropriate death was around the time Newt Gingrich got politically powerful.

Keep it up, Bill Nye. I want 8 years of Trump.
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wah_wah_wah posted...

I'm old enough to remember when being a conservative meant more than simply hating on liberals.

I remember when they werent beholden to the Christians
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