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Bill Nye is coming to Netflix with a new talk show, Bill Nye Saves the World. The series is slated to premiere in spring 2017, with each episode tackling “a topic from a scientific point of view, dispelling myths and refuting anti-scientific claims.” Nye revealed some of the issues the show will touch on including climate change, vaccines, and that big parenting problem.
Honestly something that bothers me more than most things is having my compassion mistaken for naivety.
I know that another fish might eat this bullfrog right after I spend months rehabilitating it.
I know that turning a beetle back onto its legs won’t save it from falling over again when I walk away.
I know that there is no cosmic reward waiting for my soul based on how many worms I pick off a hot sidewalk to put into the mud, or how many times I’ve helped a a raccoon climb out of a too-deep trashcan.
I know things suffer, and things struggle, and things die uselessly all day long. I’m young and idealistic, but I’m not literally a child. I would never judge another person for walking by an injured bird, for ignoring a worm, or for not really caring about the fate of a frog in a pond full of, y’know, plenty of other frogs.
There is nothing wrong with that.
But I cannot cannot cannot look at something struggling and ignore it if I may have the power to help.
There is so much bad stuff in this world so far beyond my control, that I take comfort in the smallest, most thankless tasks. It’s a relief to say “I can help you in this moment,” even though they don’t understand.
I don’t need a devil’s advocate to tell me another fish probably ate that frog when I let it go, or that the raccoon probably ended up trapped in another dumpster the next night.
I know!!!! I know!!!!!!! But today I had the power to help! So I did! And it made me happy!
“Ouch! That’s the worst headache. Hope you have a settled tummy, good sleep and a big pot of coffee to look forward to in the morning.”
Thank you! My tummy is mostly better. Gonna make some nice soup for dinner, and definitely have that pot of coffee in the morning!
Had a bad tummy last night, so I didn’t have any coffee this morning. Coffee is so acidic, you know? But that also means no caffeine all day, and now my head hurts.
Potoos use their body posture to camouflage themselves as part of the tree they’re perched in.
GUYS. LOOK IN THE SECOND PICTURE. LOOK AT THE FUZZY BABBY POTOO POSING LIKE ITS MOM. LOOK HOW PROUD SHE IS, LIKE “I’M SO GLAD, MY CHILD IS SO GOOD AT PRETENDING TO BE A FUCKING TREE STUMP”
I JUST THOUGHT YOU GUYS WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT A POTOO LOOKS LIKE WITH ITS EYES OPEN BECAUSE WOW
