#nevermind the prevalence of the whole pluto planethood bs. nevermind the prevalence of astrology

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not to be petty or whatever but it is deeply annoying how tumblr users pride themselves on "oh this is tumblr we love space and astronomy here" and then half the time any astro post makes its rounds, its either misleading or straight up wrong, and even besides that point, most people's enthusiasm for astronomy is entirely surface level and doesnt seem to appreciate it as an actual science beyond ooo pretty pictures

#sorry i just think of when jwst launched and nobody cared until the first photos released #and then everyone was like OHH THIS ISTUMBLR WE LOVE SPACE #like do you. where were you when jwst launched then #also the fact that the second photo of a black hole EVER. was released. and it wasof our own galaxy's supermassive black hole #and literally not a peep out of anyone #nevermind the prevalence of the whole pluto planethood bs. nevermind the prevalence of astrology #idk its just. Whatever. its not that deep #but it is still annoying #and its one thing to act like the general public and not really care about astronomy until big things happen #but its another thing to act like oh you LOVE astronomy youre the SPACE WEBSITE!! TEE HEE #especially god the big brained takes trying to explain astro concepts and its like. be quiet #like literal randos explaining things badly bc they have no foot in the field and are just. randos #if you cared so much about astronomy then why dont you boost actual science blogs when they post about these things??? #brot posts #astro posting