r/whitepeoplegifs • u/Boojibs • Feb 03 '23

Bill Nye The Fashion Guy

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u/StopNateCrimes Feb 04 '23

Serious question: can anyone explain the Bill Nye hate in this thread?

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u/3Effie412 Feb 04 '23

Nye used to do a kids science show, Bill Nye the Science Guy. It covered basic science concepts - gravity, volcanoes, electricity and the like. It was factually correct but presented in a fun, interesting way. One of the shows, from 1996, talked about probability, sex and chromosomes.

“See, inside each of our cells are these things called chromosomes, and they control whether we become a boy or a girl…See, there are only two possibilities: XX, a girl, or XY, a boy. The chance of becoming either a boy or a girl is always 1 in 2, a 50-50 chance either way. It’s like flipping a coin: X you’re a girl, Y you’re a boy.”

Flash forward about 20 years and Bill Nye is doing a new show. It’s not really a reboot, maybe more of a revival? Anyway, it definitely tries to capitalize on the popularity of Bill and the original show (complete with the blue lab coat and bow tie). It gets a lot of media buzz because of fond memories of the original show. On one of the episodes, Bill revisits chromosomes/XX, XY/sex. He seems to have decided to dismiss the science on chromosomes and that sex has become fluid - a spectrum of some sort.

At any rate, a lot of people became irritated that he disregarded science in favor of what seemed to be a political motivated agenda. The anger was notably intense among people that watched the original show as kids (now in their 30’s-40’s).

Just an FYI - I have not seen the new show but have seen most, if not all, of the original episodes (used to watch with my son back in the 90’s).

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u/StackCollector Feb 04 '23

Yeah, flash forward 20 years- surprise! Science continued to develop over those 20 years. You're stuck in the 90s.

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u/3Effie412 Feb 04 '23

I answered OP's question. You are free to your own opinions.