Stamets@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 3 days agoThey're doing this on purpose, right?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1633arrow-down16
arrow-up1627arrow-down1imageThey're doing this on purpose, right?lemmy.worldStamets@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 3 days agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 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-up1·3 days agoAh. Yes, they meant all the other discovered planets are.
minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 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-up1·2 days agoBecause it was “discovered” long before we even knew what a planet was.
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.
Oh come on
Because it was “discovered” long before we even knew what a planet was.