Haha I wish being an astronomer involved staring at the sky instead of staring into a computer screen…
This is a great template for so many things
This meme-template should be titled something like "the modern education system"
I don't think the author have any idea at all about what astronomers actually do...
This actually made me tear up. What the fuck is wrong with me?
You are perfectly fine, the world has gone crazy and you feel it
My physics teacher was a hobbyist astronomer, on the morning of my birthday I got to watch mercy sun transit through his telescope.
on the morning of my birthday I got to watch mercy sun transit through his telescope.
Is... this a euphemism for sex? Lol. If not, it should be.
No that's an actual astronomical event
Eyy bby, want some planetary star transits?
I got to watch mercy sun transit through his telescope.
Did he also fix it for you to milk a cow blindfolded?
No, that's not related to astronomy
I can’t imagine in 2025 someone saying “man I wish my kid would stop looking at the stars so much.” This feels a bit too Quixote for my tastes.
I think they mean "staring into space" as in "staring into the distance during class"
Definitely a possible interpretation. I guess with the astronomy award I took it more literally but it could very well be intentional wordplay.
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. We've seen this with NASA funding since the end of the Apollo missions.
This is not the same thing IMO. One is punishment, the other is lack of support/initiative. Big gulf between these ideas.
'staring into space' for the kid could also mean zoning out/not paying attention
Honestly in the age of tablets most parents I know would kill for their kid(s) to do more imaginative play or just sitting with their thoughts
My weird ass gifts have kept me from dying, I guess. I'm just waiting for my medal now.
.... Any day now....
Perspective is everything, perception is reality.
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
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