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haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/
Joined January 2009

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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 5 Oct 2015

    #WhenIWasYourAge We cured diseases and went to the Moon, benchmarking our usage of the word “Awesome."

    5:33 PM - 5 Oct 2015
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    125 replies 2,128 retweets 5,309 likes
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      2.  🍂constitutional crisis amb 🍂‏ @ambrown 5 Oct 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson you know it was yr generation that eviscerated funding for NASA + STEM right? Not fair to put the onus on underfunded millenials

        2 replies 6 retweets 13 likes
      3.  🍂C 🎃urtney 🕸Sh 👻nn 🎃n 🍂‏ @cshannonpdx 5 Oct 2015
        Replying to @ambrown

        @ambrown Also wasn't it the generation before @neiltyson that did those things? Gen Xers were around to watch, too young to do at that time.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4.  🍂constitutional crisis amb 🍂‏ @ambrown 5 Oct 2015
        Replying to @cshannonpdx

        @cshannonpdx he was born in 1958, was old enough to vote for Reagan, which is sort of my arbitrary point of blame.

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      5.  🍂C 🎃urtney 🕸Sh 👻nn 🎃n 🍂‏ @cshannonpdx 5 Oct 2015
        Replying to @ambrown

        @ambrown so yeah, he was a kid when we first landed on the moon

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. HRT drug dealer to kids‏ @beka_valentine 5 Oct 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @giova989 when i was my age, we made all of human knowledge available to the majority of people for pennies

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      3. HRT drug dealer to kids‏ @beka_valentine 5 Oct 2015
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        @neiltyson @giova989 when i was my age we gave people the power to communicate with one another across the globe instantly

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. HRT drug dealer to kids‏ @beka_valentine 5 Oct 2015
        Replying to @beka_valentine

        @neiltyson @giova989 when i was my age we made lifecasting a reality, making it possible for everyone to document oppression as it happened

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      5. HRT drug dealer to kids‏ @beka_valentine 5 Oct 2015
        Replying to @beka_valentine

        @neiltyson @giova989 when i was my age people could coordinate political uprisings and revolutions spontaneously over Twitter

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. HRT drug dealer to kids‏ @beka_valentine 5 Oct 2015
        Replying to @beka_valentine

        @neiltyson @giova989 and when i was my age, people actually started to build the things that were supposed to be built when you were my age

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. End of conversation
      1. Nancy Lee Krieger 🗽Kicking Cancer's A$$ 🥊‏ @hlthiskrieger 6 Oct 2015
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        Dream for the future🇺🇸RT“@neiltyson: #WhenIWasYourAge We cured diseases and went to the Moon, benchmarking our usage of the word “Awesome."”

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      1.  ❌  🇺🇸 love scifi shows  ❌  🇺🇸‏ @loverboy12390 5 Oct 2015
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        @neiltyson when i was young, awesome was called groovyyyy

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      1. Telefon Tel Aviv‏Verified account @telefontelaviv 5 Oct 2015
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        @neiltyson even underfunded we still found water on Mars, give us a break ;)

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      1. Duncan Carmichael‏ @DuncanCarmichae 5 Oct 2015
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        @neiltyson you look me straight in the eyes and tell me that the selfie stick is not the pinnacle of human achievement

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      1. george‏ @donx13 5 Oct 2015
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        @neiltyson because of my generation me and you are able to communicate 😊

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      1. Patrick Herd‏ @PatrickHerd 5 Oct 2015
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        @neiltyson #IAmMyAge and I'm making my disabled friend bionic legs.

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      2. Mahen Chellaram‏ @mchellaram890 5 Oct 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson back in our day. Everything cost a fraction what it does today.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Daniel‏ @danielsimonson_ 5 Oct 2015
        Replying to @mchellaram890

        @mchellaram890 @neiltyson hey, have a profile picture

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Daniel‏ @danielsimonson_ 5 Oct 2015
        Replying to @danielsimonson_

        @mchellaram890 @neiltyson much better bro

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. ILoveBetteDavis‏ @debilarge 5 Oct 2015
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        @neiltyson Yes!

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      1. Ian‏ @MaNcHeStErMaN88 6 Oct 2015
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        @neiltyson moon landing was in studio you fool

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