Shi Shen

I may be 2,000 years behind but y’all still rip me off. I’m a Chinese, 4th century BCE genius with a lot of influence today.

[Shi Shen @thereal_ShiShen]

That’s mine. It’s not a star but that’s fine. #blessed

[Shi Shen @thereal_ShiShen]

@Galileo16137219 You may get the credit for “discovering” sunspots, but 2,000 years earlier I observed them first!!! With worse equipment!!! And it’s not my primary area of focus!!!

[Shi Shen @thereal_ShiShen]

The only people allowed to use my work were the Tang era astronomers. Absolute homies. Using my, and Gan De’s, work they mapped over 121 stars and named over 800.

[Shi Shen @thereal_ShiShen]

Most modern constellations today are based off my work and my mapping. I deserve a cut of any profits y’all make ever. #underseeded

[Shi Shen @thereal_ShiShen]

I own the night sky. You can see my proof of ownership on the first star catalogue ever.

[Shi Shen @thereal_ShiShen]

You’ll appreciate your modern technology more when you realize me and my boi Gan De used a single ring armillary sphere. We were ahead of our time.

[Shi Shen @thereal_ShiShen]

@bestastronomer In 1605 you gave a scientific description of a solar eclipse. I was aware, using far worse tools, of the relation of the moon in a solar eclipse and wrote instructions to predict them 2,000 years before. #catchup

[Shi Shen @thereal_ShiShen]

@bestastronomer Racist #cancelled #nationalist #racist

[Shi Shen @thereal_ShiShen]

Spot the difference if you dare…

[Shi Shen @thereal_ShiShen]

@bestastronomer It would be “had an acid trip” not “did an acid trip” first of all. Your language is significantly close to English than mine how are you struggling?

[Shi Shen @thereal_ShiShen]

For those wanting to know about my education know that I’m self taught. My accomplishments are mine alone, so how does it feel to have more help and less influence?

[Shi Shen @thereal_ShiShen]

@bestastronomer Too busy writing about the stars to write down where I’m from. You figure it out if you can :)

[Shi Shen @thereal_ShiShen]

If y’all only know the region I’m from how do you expect to know where I worked and taught?

[Shi Shen @thereal_ShiShen]

“Yeah that guy was pretty cool I think.” - Gabriel Villarreal (about Shi Shen)

[Shi Shen @thereal_ShiShen]

Imagine being persecuted for being smart. Couldn’t be me. #thanksChina

[Shi Shen @thereal_ShiShen]

I thought the world was supposed to be more woke. Why do people confuse me with Gan De? #notbased #racist #ignorant

[Shi Shen @thereal_ShiShen]

@bestastronomer Yooooooo niiiiice. I spy with my little eye…

[Shi Shen @thereal_ShiShen]

@bestastronomer Who are you? Also capital I btw.

[Shi Shen @thereal_ShiShen]

Bachelor for life here, because why stare at your mom when I can stare at the stars.

[Shi Shen @thereal_ShiShen]

Big ups to my mentor Gan De, and for those less cultured that see this, not Gandhi.