Neil deGrasse Tyson takes it upon himself to crap all over everyone who enjoyed the lunar eclipse

🌕 A lunar eclipse turned the moon deep red last night — and lasted more than 80 minutes.

If you didn't see it, here's what you missed.https://t.co/6Nl9kXjz1A

— NPR (@NPR) May 16, 2022

Twitter’s full of fantastic and beautiful photos of the celestial event:

Enjoy these shots from the lunar eclipse! pic.twitter.com/fPnDhJHmdi

— josh (@notjoshjosh) May 16, 2022

Lunar eclipse from Eagle Pass, TX! 🌙 @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/rrHewtvo5C

— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) May 16, 2022

Countless people were captivated by the lunar eclipse … and that’s why everyone’s favorite smug celebrity astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson decided to swoop in and try to ruin it for everybody. For a short time, people could forget about politics and the economy and bad news and all-around stupid BS and just look to the sky and see something lovely, and dammit if Neil doesn’t hate when that happens:

Lunar eclipses are so un-spectacular that if nobody told you what was happening to the Moon you’d probably not notice at all.

Just sayin’.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) May 16, 2022

He literally can’t help himself.

I’m sure you’re a blast at parties.

Just sayin… https://t.co/VxWVCkcEWw

— Andrew Staroska (@astaroska) May 16, 2022

men will really log on and call a natural phenomenon of science & beauty that gets people excited in a world currently mired in despair "un-spectacular" https://t.co/JlP7HweCFe

— zoë ✨🌙 (@zoenone0none) May 16, 2022

That’s because he’s a douchebag.

There was a time when you would’ve applauded people trying to learn about the natural beauties of our world. https://t.co/DTzI7iDnRy

— Bad Opinions Maidenless Tarnished (@SirBadOpinions) May 16, 2022

i miss when scientists actually got people excited about the wonders & mysteries of the natural world instead of nowadays when they just post like pussyless redditors https://t.co/g3gJUjGkUJ

— mullet o'brien (@borgposting) May 16, 2022

Real scientists still do that. It’s just that Neil deGrasse Tyson isn’t a real scientist.

My whole family went outside to watch it last night, Neil. We thought it was pretty cool.

Thanks for promoting "science." https://t.co/ugL7ZwesAW

— Ultra Premium Honkitude (@Mr_Honkitude) May 16, 2022

Thank God someone's finally dissuading us from taking the time to appreciate the splendor of nature so we can go inside and put our faces back in screens where they belong. #StupidThirstyMoon https://t.co/J6oJUjejju

— Liz Vassey (@LizVassey) May 16, 2022

yeah man the moon sucks. everyone in science communication agrees: when something interesting happens to the moon we should rush to twitter to tell everyone they're stupid for liking the cool stuff on the moon

— Ryan North, supervillain consultant (@ryanqnorth) May 16, 2022

You’re projecting again, Neil. You’ve really got to stop doing that.

I'd wager lunar eclipses don't think you're so hot either. https://t.co/y3kscJrA8k

— Chief Impact Officer BT (@back_ttys) May 16, 2022

Nobody thinks Neil deGrasse Tyson is hot stuff. Except maybe for his parents, and that’s us being generous, because we bet he drove them crazy, too.

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