The moon eclipsing the sun may be a rare event, but Twitter users firing off bad takes and desperately vying for likes and retweets is not.
As is expected with all nationwide events, the worst of the worst rose to the surface of the internet to throw their two cents into the discussion. Astronomy nerds, try-hard comics, and forced political jokes are some of the highlights of bad eclipse-Twitter displayed below:
You can watch eclipse live stream, courtesy of NASA, here.
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