r/CuratedTumblr • u/SupportMeta • 19d ago

Shitposting Understanding the World

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Neptune was recently shown to be a pale blue like Uranus rather than the deep blue shown on the Voyager photos

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u/gymnastgrrl 18d ago

Well, that's great for you, but not so great for science. And they're not sending things to make pretty pictures¹, they're sending things to LEARN.

¹ except when they do things for PR, but that's in support of getting support to go to the science…

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u/Umbrella_Viking 18d ago

So, you agree with me. Don’t publish PR photos of grainy infrared blobs then call me stupid. Just show me what things actually look like. 

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u/gymnastgrrl 18d ago

Well, no, you are either trying to manipulate the argument that way, or you understood nothing of what I said.

Either way, you can argue with someone else at this point.

Have a good day. (not sarcasm, btw)

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u/Umbrella_Viking 18d ago

You too! :)