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minus-squareAeronMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-28 hours agoYou’re not wrong, and it wasn’t really a knock against either of them. It is being smarmy, because that’s not how people normally think or talk. IMO, Sagan has earned the right. Tyson has not.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 hours agoReminder that “smarmy” necessarily implies insincerity, not just a funny way of talking.
You’re not wrong, and it wasn’t really a knock against either of them.
It is being smarmy, because that’s not how people normally think or talk. IMO, Sagan has earned the right. Tyson has not.
Reminder that “smarmy” necessarily implies insincerity, not just a funny way of talking.