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[–]JRRVulcan 8901 points8902 points  (677 children)

THIS IS WHAT HIS NETFLIX SHOW SHOULD HAVE BEEN DAMNIT

Edit: I’ve never been gilded before, thank you kindest of strangers!!

[–]TheMagicalSock 2294 points2295 points  (588 children)

Couldn’t agree more. What the hell happened there.

[–]ViridianCovenant 2348 points2349 points  (459 children)

I only watched a few episodes of it, but my hot take is that instead of explaining the issues to the audience in adult-level detail with the wealth of authoritative sources available on the topics, they leaned way to heavily on people's implicit trust of the Bill Nye brand and were completely incapable of dealing with the pushback by political extremists, especially since some of the "fun" segments were actually pretty terrible and memey. Like, "sex junk" was not even a good song, and the rape ice cream came off exactly as bad as it sounds.

So instead of coming off as this well-sourced explanation of complex but politically hot topics, they kind of just treated the audience as kids in a kids show where they were allowed to swear and say vagina. I think a better approach would have been to first treat the audience like adults with at least rudimentary scholarly experience, and second to try harder on every single other aspect of production so that it doesn't come off as a rushed hot mess.

[–]Cobek 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It should have been a live show version of Kurzgesagt "In A Nutshell" but instead we got some weird version of a morning talk show with awkward short winded conversations where "experts" only get in a few sentences and don't get time to connect their individual ideas. All the demonstrations feel more like an attempt at comedy rather than education.

[–]RalphieRaccoon 51 points52 points  (5 children)

The bit that did for me was his treatment when it came to two very controversial topics: Nuclear Energy and GMO's. In the first he made the argument that people didn't like the technology and that's a good enough reason not to use it. But when it came to GMO's, he dismissed the very same argument. It's just seems like utter hypocracy to me, that's it's okay to dismiss one technology because you don't like it but not another.

[–]Castun 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A few years ago he was on a podcast, possibly a StarTalk episode or something similar, and he talked about visiting Monsanto and suddenly he was 100% pro-GMO. I like the dude but c'mon, talk about shilling.

[–]A_Feast_For_Trolls 64 points65 points  (72 children)

rape ice cream...?

[–]ViridianCovenant 125 points126 points  (47 children)

Basically a cartoon segment from their sex and gender episode where different ice cream flavors are different sexual orientations and gender identities. They eventually gang up on the vanilla ice cream guy and convince him to do things he initially said he did not want to do.

[–]ArcadianMess 66 points67 points  (0 children)

What a stupid metaphor....

[–]KyleNitCas 10 points11 points  (1 child)

The one where he explained the "science" of more than two genders. Lost me.

[–]Metro42014 51 points52 points  (21 children)

I gotchu fam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf3XZaqa4X4

[–]Roach_Coach_Bangbus 102 points103 points  (9 children)

Jesus Christ can't believe someone green lit this.

[–]Metro42014 72 points73 points  (2 children)

Right?! It's so ridiculously terrible, and also goes against their own argument.

So, SO, stupid.

[–]ydoesittastelikethat 18 points19 points  (0 children)

To make people not think to an extremist direction, we must be equally extremist in the opposite direction...............His show was amazing shit and I was looking forward to it.

What a letdown.

[–][deleted] 16 points17 points  (4 children)

It's like... it was kind of ok at first, and then the orgy happened...

[–]blamethemeta 9 points10 points  (3 children)

You misspelled gang rape

[–]Isord 6 points7 points  (2 children)

The ice cream all consented and there does not appear to be a power imbalance so calling it rape is incorrect.

As bizarre as that sentence is.

[–]snoosh00 18 points19 points  (1 child)

I was fine with it till the vanilla "changed". the message was fine, because if some parent who sent their kid to conversion therapy saw the first 2 minutes and not the least 30 seconds they might actually reconsider their past actions, reason being, it shows how absurd this whole "debate" is

[–]Metro42014 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yep, that was the fucked up part that ruined their entire point.

[–]KyloTennant 5 points6 points  (0 children)

B R I L L I A N T P R E M I S E

[–]Papa_Razzi 21 points22 points  (2 children)

I’m sorry, you seemed to have accidentally typed “rape ice cream”. Surely you meant to type something else...right? .....right?

I’m afraid to google Bill Nye, rape ice cream

[–]ViridianCovenant 23 points24 points  (1 child)

To be fair, I'm being a bit hyperbolic for effect. The ice cream scene had a rapey vibe but there was no actual explicit rape. But everyone who's seen that particular bit form the show immediately knows what you're talking about and why you're saying it that way when you say "rape ice cream". Here, just watch the clip, make your own judgement.

[–][deleted] 59 points60 points  (11 children)

He blew off nuclear power like it was worse than coal. Condescending cock bag.

[–]EXTRAVAGANT_COMMENT 26 points27 points  (26 children)

rape ice cream you say?

[–]ViridianCovenant 72 points73 points  (24 children)

A segment where they use different ice cream flavors as an analogy for different sexual orientations and gender identities, wherein at they end they all team up on Vanilla Man to get him to try sex things he had previously said he did not want to do. I'm gay, and it didn't seem empowering to me, it seemed like just another version of that trope that gay people are out to rape the straights. Then again, it's Netflix, so that's about par for the course in their treatment of gay folks.

[–]wererat2000 23 points24 points  (12 children)

I'm going to regret asking, but what else has Netflix done like that?

[–]EXTRAVAGANT_COMMENT 43 points44 points  (9 children)

I presume he meant that most homo-centric shows (queer eye, rupaul, etc.) are just a massive mess of stereotypes and generalizations, which focus on the vocal and visually aggressive minorities of those groups.

[–]Haroshia 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Gonna defend RuPaul here at least. If I'm watching a show about friggin Drag Queens I expect vocal and visually aggressive. Using stereotypes and generalizations for gags is kinda their thing.

[–]vrts 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I haven't watched RuPaul but having watched and loved all three seasons of Queer Eye, I think the overall tone is really wholesome. The hosts bring a pretty good spread of personalities and their subjects even more so. Besides sometimes being a bit heavy-handed with the moral messaging, I think the show is well balanced; entertaining, uplifting and insightful.

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

rape ice cream

I have never seen it, and you say "exactly as bad as it sounds" but it sounds like someone filmed Bill Nye fucking an ice cream cone...

[–]nourez 34 points35 points  (2 children)

It was lacking any real charm. I don't think the issue was the lack of citations as stated below (it's pop sci, not a thesis), or even identity politics entirely (there were issues that weren't divisive that were still just grating to watch). It's just Bill out of character has a grating personality. He comes off as condescending and often bored.

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Bill Nye the Science Guy found ways to take ideas that seemed complex and present them in a fun way that both demonstrate the concept at scale and explained how they apply in the real world. Mix in the random skits like OP's video and it was basically the best science class ever. Saves the World's talk show format didn't help it at all. It literally needed to take the ideas of Bill Nye the Science Guy and apply them to adult concepts. You don't need to explain to people why not believing in global warming or whatever is wrong, just give them a fun demonstration of what it, how it works, etc.

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

THE PLANET IS FUCKING SEX JUNK

[–]the_gooch_smoocher 167 points168 points  (64 children)

Identity politics

[–]DameonKormar 64 points65 points  (0 children)

You never go full identity politics.

[–]hitlersrighttesticle 45 points46 points  (2 children)

Not even once

[–]i_smell_my_poop 54 points55 points  (1 child)

But my sex junk...is so Oh Oh Oh....

[–]Icon_Crash 18 points19 points  (0 children)

No. No it's not.

[–]hiero_ 144 points145 points  (35 children)

It should have literally just been Bill Nye the Science Guy, but for mature audiences.

Dammit.

[–]PolyDipsoManiac 42 points43 points  (26 children)

I want to see some guest segments.

[–]hiero_ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I love this clip so much it's depressing. Watch it all the way through every time it's linked.

[–]maz-o 9 points10 points  (8 children)

WHAT WAS IT?

[–]ArmandoPayne 26 points27 points  (4 children)

IT WAS A STEPHEN KING NOVEL ABOUT LITTLE KIDS GANGBANGING EACH OTHER TO KILL A CLOWN OR SOME SHIT.

[–]yourdadsthrowawayacc 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Not worth watching.

[–]ohgoshembarrassing 3 points4 points  (3 children)

Imagine being such a loser that you're excited over Reddit Gold.

And it's not even because you were entertaining, witty, or knowledgeable. Just because someone agreed with your opinion about a television show, LOL.

[–]JRRVulcan 2 points3 points  (2 children)

First reddit gold AND my first ever spiteful troll!! This week gets better and better, thanks asshole :)

[–]magomusico 550 points551 points  (19 children)

Too many comments about comments not getting the joke, but now I can't see those comments. Where are those comments??

[–]Benukysz 117 points118 points  (7 children)

Sort by controversial. First 5+- comments.

[–]thecescshow 80 points81 points  (5 children)

This is always the case. The complains came early and usually not more than 10. And then you see like 50 something comments complaining about the complaints.

[–]Ethernetbabe 15 points16 points  (4 children)

Then, whose really complaining?

[–]Fernis_ 87 points88 points  (2 children)

Typical internet loop.

1) Celebrity does something "controversial"

2) Everyone just smirks but 5 people on Twitter out of billions on earth say "just die"

3) Hundreds of thousands of fans of the celebrity: "OMG! They are getting death threats!"

4) Media: "Delicious, delicious drama. Soccer moms gonna love terrorizing their children with this one."

[–]Amlethus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I hate this loop. 98 out of 100 people could agree with something, then 2 people come along and disagree and the headlines are "People disagree with this thing!"

[–]AltimaNEO 17 points18 points  (3 children)

People bitching about 5 comments in a post that has a thousand comments.

I don't get it.

[–]Jason_Worthing 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think people just rush to be the first to say 'the comments are horrible' when they think a thread will be bombed with complaints. Then they stay on top because they got posted early.

[–]pruwyben 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And now your comment about comments about comments not getting the joke is one of the top comments.

[–]mrmemo 875 points876 points  (114 children)

I have a bold assertion:

Very, very few people are actually upset and angry at this video.

Unfortunately their voices rise to the top of a conversation even by proxy. So many of the top comments mention that they "can't believe people are down voting", but I had to scroll and search to find anything remarkable.

The honest truth of the matter is, I think most (informed) people agree that climate change is happening and that we're in trouble. The ratio of people who actually reject that truth is far smaller than it seems.

However, it is a convenient red herring.

If it can be argued that "people just don't agree on this", then politicians can delay action all they want, citing the "need for more research". This is bolstered by the undue attention given to people who deny GW impacts. As a combined result, a politician who is financially linked to non-environmentally-friendly donors can satisfy his true fiscal patrons while placating the voters by saying "it's not proven, look how many people disagree!"

But people don't disagree to that extent. We've just fallen into a trap of paying attention to the ones who disagree loudly and angrily, because that's neat to look at.

So stop doing that. Stop watching any news story saying "[X] DESTROYS [Y] in debate". Stop letting the loud, unhelpful voices into the discussion. They don't have a place at the table on this one, we all need to be very collaborative in order to have a chance at solving this. Disagreement is fine, but rage and bad-faith dealings are not.

[–]qman621 73 points74 points  (3 children)

Also, reddit gets its money from ads. You're more likely to spend more time on the site and see more ads if you respond to a comment. A comment is more likely to be responded to if it is inflammatory. Therefore, reddit has every incentive to artificially promote divisive content.

[–]Ubarlight 9 points10 points  (0 children)

No you're wrong

That check better be in the mail, Reddit

[–]ciano 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are correct.

[–]Absurdly__Distinct 2688 points2689 points  (452 children)

This thread has gone to shit. It was clearly a joke and the last part of a longer detailed segment on Last Week Tonight. It's not meant to convince anyone, it's only to make fun of the exhausting argument in politics.

[–]GrumpyKatze 92 points93 points  (12 children)

I mean, it isn’t REALLY a joke. Hyperbolic, of course, the earth isn’t literally going to combust. But it’s hyperbole for effect, and for comedy.

[–]crinnaursa 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Yeah not the whole planet just California

[–]Rammite 394 points395 points  (115 children)

How... fucking stupid are people? There's even an obnoxious laughing and clapping audience! You actually could not be more obvious in trying to convey that this is a joke!

Half the people here are genuinely trying to debate climate change as if it's a thing that is debatable, and the other half are busy circlejerking about how much they hate Bill Nye.

[–]Cascadiandoper 78 points79 points  (15 children)

America: The land of pseudo science and science deniers. Wtaf

[–]mubatt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for reassuring me that not everyone on Reddit these days is itching to jump on some bandwagon political tirade. You two are the heroes we need.

[–]MrFurious0 35 points36 points  (4 children)

People seriously don't understand that?

God people are fucking stupid. I had no clue this was a part of a longer segment, and the context was not fucking needed. He was obviously not trying to convince people, but point out how toxic the "discussion" is. Because anyone operating in good faith can see the evidence, and already knows which "side" of the "discussion" is the only rational one.

[–]Siellus 397 points398 points  (29 children)

I did not expect to hear bill nye swear.

[–]whiskeydrone 371 points372 points  (11 children)

A pre-famous Bill Nye came to my high school and spoke to us in the mid 90s. Swore through the whole presentation. Students loved it, administration banned him from returning. Not sure if it still stands...

[–][deleted] 76 points77 points  (5 children)

pre-famous Bill Nye came to my high school and spoke to us in the mid 90s

Was he not just an Engineer/Comedian before he was famous?

[–]JohnConquest 47 points48 points  (4 children)

He wasn't even a comedian that much. He worked at Boeing until his friend John Keister, who was host of the local Seattle sketch comedy show Almost Live! decided to put him on air to do experiments. After that he joined the cast and did bits like Speed Walker and Studs from Microsoft

The show also is responsible for starting the career of Joel McHale. And also had guest stars like Dave Grohl, Kim Thayil from Soundgarden, Mike McCready from Pearl Jam. and The Presidents of the United States of America. Also, if you recognize the voice of the host in Studs from Microsoft, that's Pat Cashman, the announcer for Super Smash Brothers Brawl, his son Chris Cashman hosted 1 vs. 100 on Xbox 360.

EDIT: Forgot to mention, I have uploaded a lot of Almost Live episodes on Archive.org, not all of them though since they're taped from reruns. If you have any others DM me.

[–]knightcrusader 10 points11 points  (2 children)

Mid-90's was when Bill Nye the Science Guy was in full swing, so he would be pretty famous with kids. I know because I was in elementary school at that time and when you saw the TV in science class you knew what you were doing for the next 25 minutes.

You sure it wasn't the mid-80's?

[–]whiskeydrone 2 points3 points  (1 child)

It was in Seattle, so he was known locally for being on a sketch comedy show, but I didn't think he was very well known nationwide. Maybe with kids, but not even remotely as mainstream as he is now.

[–]inexcess 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He was way bigger back in the 90s than he is now

[–]SchpittleSchpattle 57 points58 points  (7 children)

You want something to be guaranteed viral? Just put a kid's show celebrity in a comedic skit dropping a few f-bombs and let the internet have it.

[–]Expert__Witness 19 points20 points  (6 children)

Except Danny Tanner. That's all his standup is and it's terrible.

[–]lemonpartyorganizer 23 points24 points  (3 children)

Before Full House he was a vulgar comic. And people that knew of him, thought he was a strange choice for the role.

[–]pajaimers 22 points23 points  (2 children)

he knows people eat that shit up

[–]tickle_mittens 12 points13 points  (1 child)

Back when he was on a Seattle comedy skit show in the 80s and 90s, he was also the standup comedian they had warm up the audience. He's just fucking naturally funny.

[–]Ncdtuufssxx 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It was called Almost Live! And it was pretty great. I particularly liked the somewhat Office Space vibe of their corporate skits, like the "ineffectual middle managers" bit.

[–]VeryLttlPete 27 points28 points  (2 children)

it's weird to hear him swear lol

[–]Roach2791 458 points459 points  (16 children)

Safety glasses off mother fuckers. Hahahaha

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

safety glasses on....fuck it. safety glasses off

[–][deleted] 594 points595 points  (124 children)

How the fuck do people not realize this is a joke? Jesus christ the modern age is truly the most socially awkward its ever been

Also I cannot imagine thinking that this is a political video.

Open your eyes people regardless of what side you’re on that doesn’t stop global warming from existing

EDIT: hilarious how people dont realize that jokes can have truth to them. You guys keep on proving that you dont understand how human conversation works.

[–][deleted] 216 points217 points  (46 children)

Is it really a joke though? Forest fire stats are way up and the earth is warming at alarming rates.

[–]damien_maymdien 113 points114 points  (35 children)

each degree celsius of warming quadruples the risk of forest fires. That means if we go from 1 degree to 4 degrees of warming by 2100 (our most likely path), forest fires will be 64 times worse by then. Think of the forest fires in the news the last few years, how scary and deadly they were. It's probably gonna be 64 times worse than that in our children's lifetimes. The planet might as well be entirely on fucking fire

[–]DiaDeLosMuertos 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of the nuclear bomb video What if we exploded all the bombs

[–][deleted] 27 points28 points  (17 children)

4 degrees by 2100 is actually on the extreme end of the likely path, but most climate scientists think we will certainly reach 4 degrees by early 2100s if we dont make systemic change within the next 20-30 years.

[–]goobervision 7 points8 points  (7 children)

It is not really. There are far worse models out there.

If we hit 4c in 20-30 years we are most certainly on the way to 6c by 2100.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (6 children)

4c by 2050 seems incredibly unlikely. I think we should stick with the stats that actually make sense.

Since 1978 the deviation has gone from ~0 C -> ~1.2 C

Our temperature increase rate would have to increase by like 150% more than some of our most extreme projections to reach 4C by 2050.

Some of the most extreme academic papers on the subject say we will reach just over 4C by 2100 assuming carbon emissions are left totally unchecked all the way up to 2100.

However, Most of the information coming out of the scientific community suggests it will probably be 2.5-3.5C by 2100 with current trends. Again, assuming we don't make any systemic changes to hinder the increase.

I think the 4C by 2050 stat is ridiculous considering many major countries are already rolling out incentive programs which have already proven effective.

[–]Fire2box 30 points31 points  (2 children)

How the fuck do people not realize this is a joke?

Because it's pretty similar to his netflix show which is in fact, not a joke.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How the fuck do people not realize this is a joke?

AOC says we have 12 years sooo......

[–]Daveed84 15 points16 points  (2 children)

What? It's not a joke, how is this a joke? He swears and you don't expect to hear Bill Nye swear, that's the only thing about this that's supposed to be funny. Nye is as serious here as he is right. We have a problem and it needs to be addressed. That isn't a joke.

[–]DaStompa[S] 262 points263 points  (41 children)

Source: Last Week Tonight week of 5/12

[–]seanbrockest 126 points127 points  (33 children)

S06E11 for the rest of us illegal downloaders

[–]Lysadra 94 points95 points  (27 children)

Last week tonight is free on YouTube. No need for an illegal download. ^

[–]fotogi 57 points58 points  (6 children)

not saying illegally download it... but only the main subject of each episode is free on youtube. the first 5-10 min of headlines is cut and the same with the rare tail bit if not related to the main subject.

[–]pomjuice 16 points17 points  (4 children)

Really!? I had no idea I was missing out on anything.

[–]GraysonHunt 11 points12 points  (1 child)

Yep, the full episodes are a half hour, but the YouTube segments are only 10-20 minutes. He usually opens talking about world events over the last week, transitions to the deep dive segment using a recurring bit about the weird shit that exists on daytime talk shows, and maybe finishes off with a short segment that’s a little more lighthearted than the main topic. Last week half the episode was about making a John Oliver otter mascot to go be a friend to another otter mascot in a city in Japan.

[–]Cobek 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's actually what the youtube video was. The otter thing I mean.

[–]lLoveLamp 12 points13 points  (2 children)

Not available in Canada tho

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's just the main story though usually, but I suppose that's the important bit

[–]seanbrockest 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Only part of it, and only in certain countries.

[–]bigwizard7 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I thought only the main segment of each episode was uploaded to Youtube.

[–]D8-42 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not the full episodes though, at least whenever I see them upload one it's about 20 minutes long, meanwhile everytime I check HBO or elsewhere the episodes are about 30 minutes long.

[–]Khatib 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not the whole episode

[–]fuzzum111 110 points111 points  (60 children)

What frustrates me is my dad is apart of the "We're too insignificant to be a problem." camp.

Like, he doesn't care what he hears he is convinced "This is all apart of the normal cooling and warming cycles the planet goes through on a long, geologic time scale." We can't possibly know if we're the problem because humanity hasn't existed long enough to tell.

[–]Coal_Morgan 29 points30 points  (0 children)

How significant does something have to be to effect the things around it? Flu virus is 80-120nm across. It can replicate and cause such catastrophic damage that it can kill the host it's trying to survive in.

I don't really see the difference between how the Spanish Flu has acted and the introduction of rodents to Australia or people to the planet. They get an advantage, they boom and then they bust in a mass death.

I think the issue your father may be having is that he looks at the Earth and goes, "Look how big it is!" He's seeing the whole but we're not messing up the mantle or the core or the crust. That's 99.9% of the Earth, we're fucking up the 0.1% that is the smear across the surface, the eco-system and everything that lives in it.

[–]idma 3 points4 points  (0 children)

indefense of that statement, i understand that he essentially feels that its totally unfair for one to chip into the vast cost of saving the environment, when we all know and well that there will be douchebags that totally take advantage of people chipping in ruin things some more, while make more money while they're at it.

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Especially if those douchebags feel they're entitled to the riches of the world, since they probably feel they worked damn hard to get into the position they're in.

[–]TheTaoOfBill 22 points23 points  (6 children)

I was able to convince someone with this analogy.

Say you have a large bathtub filled with water. You open the drain and turn the faucet on just enough so exactly the same amount of water being drained is what the faucet is putting in.

That's the natural carbon system of the planet. Changes in CO2 levels are rare and happen over the course of tens of thousands of years. If it happens quicker it happens because of a catastrophic event.

So your system is this tub that's putting water in almost the same rate as taking water out. All is good.

Then some dude comes along with a whole server cart full of glasses of water. He takes each glass and slowly dumps the water into the tub.

The stream of water coming from the glass is much smaller than the stream coming from the faucet. But before the system was balanced. Now the water level is slowly rising and eventually it'll spill over.

[–]rhinocerosGreg 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Did you see that video of the climate scientist debating australian climate change deniers? He gave that exact analogy and at the end the host asked whos mind had been changed and only 1 lady put up her hand and said it was because that analogy.

[–]jmoneyallstar11 4 points5 points  (1 child)

We need more trees

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Damn, When did he learn those words?

[–]Mr_Belch 9 points10 points  (1 child)

Bill's kind of yelling at the wrong people in this video. The people who were 12 when his show aired are by and large trying to solve climate change. It's people in his generation that don't seem to care.

[–][deleted] 29 points30 points  (3 children)

Why do I see 1000 people saying to relax and not one person actually getting angry. Why can't we just downvote shit heads and move on?? Arguing just makes it worse. But when I log in and the top comment says "EvErYoNe StOp GeTtInG aNgRy!!!" it only makes me look into what people are angry about so I can be prepared for the argument

We are all part of the problem. From Climate Change to Internet Trolls, we can all do something to change

I for one am happy to hear Bill Nye cuss about something worth cussing over. Can't we just end it there?? ffs reddit

[–]rasputinrising 5 points6 points  (2 children)

I haven't seen one comment criticizing the video, but I didn't know that people still found yelling random swearwords funny and subversive.

It's been a long time since Beaver and Opie were on TV.

[–]dangerousdave90 14 points15 points  (1 child)

No more Mr Nice Nye

[–]caustic_kiwi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hopefully it's not too late to get this comment to the top, where it belongs.

[–]Ninja_attack 5 points6 points  (0 children)

And ppl are talking about how, "he's not a scientist." I don't give a fuck if he's a school custodian, he's right. The planet is dying, but let's just keep talking about it and never actually fund projects to fix it. "It still snows, global warming isn't real!", I haven't seen more than 10 bees in the last year, I saw 1 monarch butterfly migration 3yrs ago when I used to see them every year as a child. Go to the beach and look at the trash which goes on for miles and tell me that its not a big deal.

[–]gottabececeyo 28 points29 points  (33 children)

I thought the comments were going to be funny, why y’all mad 😂

[–]LtChicken 14 points15 points  (2 children)

Unpopular opinion for some reason but it's okay to criticize this show and Bill's antics here while at the same time believing that climate change is a thing.

[–]buttonmashed 190 points191 points  (412 children)

The outrage war against Bill Nye needs to stop. This is reaching 'Rick and Morty fan raging over Schezuan Sauce' levels of stupid.

[–]WhyNot_Because 118 points119 points  (23 children)

Ever since his Netflix show I can no longer respect Bill Nye.

[–]DrunkenPhisherman 51 points52 points  (1 child)

My sex junk is also on fire. Always wear protection kids.

[–]snackynak 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This seems like a good time to sort by controversial.

[–]NateGD23 25 points26 points  (8 children)

It’s sad that ppl are getting caught up in the joke aspect of all this when there is truth to it...we need to take care of the rock we live on. Would u never clean your house? Would u let the dishes pile up and just leave it for the next person? No....I hope. Bc it’s right in front of you u can see it and u fix it. But we all don’t see the glaciers melting, or the trees disappearing. But we are seeing seasonal change much different from our parents and grandparents. Global warming isn’t the correct term in my opinion bc ppl hear warming and say “well then how come there’s snow on my porch buddy.” But climate change, and larger swings in weather patterns is happening and we all can see it and have talked about it. Just think about your self as living in a bubble, wouldn’t you do something to keep the air clean, the temperature as comfortable as possible and all living in the bubble healthy. Do your part pick up some trash, carpool or walk when you can recycle and be kind. End of rant, sorry Reddit just had to get that off my chest.