Pluto is no longer considered a planet

[Squeek]

Re: Pluto is no longer considered a planet

Finally someone mentioned it.

You're thinking of the drill with the 'p' start.

Memory devices start with 'm'.

[Afrobean]

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Mnemonic. The word is mnemonic.

I realized this last night before going to bed. I was like "wait... mnemonic is named for mnemosyne; dur starts with 'm' not 'p'."

You sort of beat me to it. At least I still get to brag my knowlege of the origin of the word before anyone else

[GuidoHunter]

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Oh, **** me. That was embarassing...

Keanu Reeves, you have failed me!

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

[iBreakDanceNotHearts]

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Writing new science textbooks for fifth-graders starts now.

[ClAsSiC_RoCkEr]

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wasnt it true that pluto wasnt even originallly a part of the sun's solar system, anyway? ah well, its also tiny. its a pussy planet... damn pluto and all its frozen boulders to hell... where it can melt... and evaporate...

[Tps222]

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The term "planet" has lost it's planetness.

[Hr2]

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So what definition of a planet did they settle on?

[TheRaiRaiEatsBalloons]

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When I opened this thread I assumed that half of the people inside would be unwilling to accept that their perfect little view of the nine planets could be flawed.

I was correct.

ps there are other round sun-orbiting objects in our solar system that are bigger than Pluto and aren't part of the nine classic planets.

[jewpinthethird]

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Oh, come on now. All the sudden everyone has a boner for Pluto just because it isnt a planet anymore. Pluto sucked. And that's a fact.

[msbrunnettemickey]

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[SSCUJO]

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hmm i wonder how this will affect things like astrology??

[GuidoHunter]

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It won't. Astrologists will make something up, though. Hell, it was around long before the three outer planets had even been discovered.

In short: how do you defend bull****? With more bull****.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

[Afrobean]

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IT WON'T AFFECT ANYTHING AT ALL.

CHANGING A CLASSIFICATION DOESN'T DO ANYTHING BUT CHANGE THE WAY HUMANS THINK ABOUT THE THING. IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE THING AT ALL.

BASICALLY, IT DOESN'T MATTER AT ALL.

FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT IF WE DECIDED TO STOP CALLING THE COLOR RED "RED" AND INSTEAD START TO CALL IT "BLUE." WOULD THIS MAKE THINGS WHICH USED TO LOOK "RED" LOOK "BLUE" THEN? NO, IT WOULDN'T. THE THING WOULD STILL LOOK THE SAME.

REALLY, YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT CHANGES IN THE SUBJECTIVE MINDS OF HUMANS WHICH REALLY DON'T MATTER AND YOU'RE IGNORING THE FACT THAT OBJECTIVELY, NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

ps caps rofl

EDIT: guido you poo poo head... sneaking your post in before mine

[stretchypanda]

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hmm i wonder how this will affect things like astrology??

Basically everyone who was born under Pluto will cease to exist.

[cC@Zz]

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Pluto never gets the recognitionit deserves