MightyGalhupo,

I hope I can always be immature enough to laugh at this. Life sucks, enjoy the little things. Or in this case the very big space you can fit things into.

JohnDClay,
HiddenLayer5,
@HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml avatar

Let me locate it for you

Mr_Fish,

I honestly don’t know which name is better: Uranus or George.

Yes, the guy who discovered the planet wanted to name it after King George, but everyone said that was too political, so it was called Uranus.

kzhe,

It would probably have been Georgia or some derivative of George.

HiddenLayer5, (edited )
@HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml avatar

Seeing how Uranus is a Greek in origin named after one of their mythological figures, the proper Greek pronounciation would be more like “Ooranos”

Micromot,

That seems pretty similar to the german prnunciation

SquishMallow,

The day that happens, I’d rather die

vaseltarp, (edited )

Aragorn voice: “But today is not that day!!”

BillyTheSkidMark, (edited )

Homer Beer baron in the distance

^^^no ^^^you ^^^won’t

Ghyste,
dingus,

😳

FreshLight,

Why did they have to use “plunge”?💀

KingThrillgore,
@KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml avatar

They knew what they were doing

jwt,

Sometimes journalists just aren’t that subtle when it comes to puns.

MightyGalhupo,

🤦‍♂️

betahack,

Jesus christ…do they not teach you anything in school anymore??

astronomers changed the name of Uranus to end that stupid joke.

Daxtron2,

It’s true, they changed it to urectum

betahack,

🤣

this guy gets it

Daxtron2,

Wheres my Futurama sleeper gang at

Kase,

For real? What’d they change it to?

Mr_Fish,

Did they change it to George? Please tell me it’s called George now.

irmoz,

You’re a nuss.

That’s the official pronunciation. Practice it, and one day you can partake in astrononical discussions without giggling!

ridethisbike,

Nah I’m good fam

Kase,

The great thing about this is that “a” can be pronounced as either long or short a. At least, that’s how it’s used where I live, I’m not sure if that’s actually “correct.”

redxef, (edited )

Important question, do they mean

  1. 63V_Earth <= V_Uranus, 64V_Earth > V_Uranus

or

  1. They actually considered sphere packing and thus 64V_Earth <= V_Uranus
IWantToFuckSpez,

Siswet: “Only 63?”

Senseless,

Is it good or bad that I know what you’re talking about?

IWantToFuckSpez,

It means that you are an erudite person.

bmsok,

Embrace Uranus

paddirn, (edited )

In mythology, Uranus (or Ouranos) is the son AND husband of Gaia (Earth). They had 18 kids together, but he hated having kids, so he hid the kids inside Gaia… in a cave I guess, presumably not the same cave he was having sex with. In response, she gave the youngest, Cronus, a magic sickle and he castrated Ouranos. So somehow, despite 63 Earths being able to fit inside Uranus, Uranus managed to fit himself inside of Earth at least 18 times.

It’s also crazy that astronomers didn’t go with the objectively cooler ‘Ouranos’ spelling of the name, and instead went with the ‘Your Anus’ spelling.

Capricorn_Geriatric,

Yup, “our years” sounds way better than “your anus”

Hegar,

presumably not the same cave he was having sex with

It was exactly the same cave he was having sex with. He refused to remove his penis to prevent their children from leaving the womb cave, so Kronos had to castrate Ouranos so they could emerge.

That's the actual myth.

mapiki,

Every time you think it can’t get weirder.

ininewcrow,
@ininewcrow@lemmy.ca avatar

What else can you fit in Uranus?

fluxion,

Massive amounts of gas

ininewcrow,
@ininewcrow@lemmy.ca avatar

phttt … give me a good milkshake (I’m lactose intolerant) and I can do that too

KingThrillgore, (edited )
@KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml avatar

I’ll tell you what not to put in there: Christmas decorations. They break easy and it can cause a mess. Don’t want to pollute all of Uranus’ non-solid core with glass shards.

See it even sounds sexual when I clearly make it about the planet

sxan,
@sxan@midwest.social avatar
Metatronz,

Butt, lol

FlyingSquid,
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