Honestly, I think the left should double down on its "I fucking love science" branding. Of course they're going to call us nerds for believing in science, those idiots think they have superpowers and that they need to sacrifice women or else the magic will be sad.
The more outrageous the thing, the higher the likelihood someone will screenshot it, spread it to mock it and of course other cranks will see and agree, while also getting the next unhinged view ready to print.
It's less insane than most of religions because Sun at least does exist, but we somehow don't react like this on everything they say based on unproven premise.
Everyone online is trying to outdo each other in saying the most insane shit.
Honestly, I think the left should double down on its "I fucking love science" branding. Of course they're going to call us nerds for believing in science, those idiots think they have superpowers and that they need to sacrifice women or else the magic will be sad.
That, and Soviet scientific aesthetics go hard.
The more outrageous the thing, the higher the likelihood someone will screenshot it, spread it to mock it and of course other cranks will see and agree, while also getting the next unhinged view ready to print.
It's less insane than most of religions because Sun at least does exist, but we somehow don't react like this on everything they say based on unproven premise.
The Sun did 9/11