Stamets@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 17 days agoThey're doing this on purpose, right?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up1640arrow-down16
arrow-up1634arrow-down1imageThey're doing this on purpose, right?lemmy.worldStamets@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 17 days agomessage-square50linkfedilink
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoIt’s pronounced you-RON-us. Also, which Roman god is Earth named after?
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 days agoIt’s not. It’s just named after dirt.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoI know, that was my point. The comment I was replying to said “all the other planets are named after Roman gods”.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoAh. Yes, they meant all the other discovered planets are.
minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-216 days agoHow is Earth not a discovered planet? Discovering it was one of the first things I did after being born.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoBecause it was “discovered” long before we even knew what a planet was.
It’s pronounced you-RON-us. Also, which Roman god is Earth named after?
It’s not. It’s just named after dirt.
I know, that was my point. The comment I was replying to said “all the other planets are named after Roman gods”.
Ah. Yes, they meant all the other discovered planets are.
How is Earth not a discovered planet? Discovering it was one of the first things I did after being born.
Because it was “discovered” long before we even knew what a planet was.
Oh come on