Storm_norm wrote:Chris Peterson wrote:judy wrote:sadly, i am going to give up on apod. the last three days and five out of the last ten days had pictures of the good old planet earth. i like it. i'm a resident of it. but, yes, i am complaining. i want to spend 60 to 90 seconds of every jam packed day looking at something other worldly. someplace way far beyond us. so, bye for now.
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Seriously, I don't understand this sort of disgruntlement. The picture changes every day, and checking it takes, what, 30 seconds? Everybody's tastes are different; some images are going to knock your socks off, some you might not like. And of course, it will be different for everyone.
It isn't like you're paying for membership here!
I don't think you have to understand it Chris. but even you must agree that when you see the words "astronomy picture of the day" and look to see what it is that you would also be scratching your head if you saw a picture of a microbe, no less.
I think if I were scratching my head at the
image, it would be because I hadn't yet read the
explanation. It's perfectly clear why this image was chosen for APOD, moreso if someone was following news from NASA.
I suggest one might want to pay attention to the words under the picture; they are there for a reason!
I don't understand why people crab about APODs they don't like,
especially if they don't post when they
do like an APOD. (Well, actually, I do understand it -- people like to complain FAR more than they like to praise. I don't understand
that, however, at all.) The chances are excellent that no matter what the subject of an APOD might be, there will be some subset of the 365 each year that one might not like as much as others. How hard it is to wait until the next day? And if that doesn't do it, how about looking at the
recent submissions and
voicing your opinion as to which you like?