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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by m3t00@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world

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[–] cholesterol@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago (5 children)

We have to rename this thing

[–] rbhfd@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago

And miss out on stuff like this?!

Screenshot of news article with headline reading: "Nasa wants to probe deeper into Uranus than ever before

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I disagree. In fact, I think we should rename the other planets so that they have funny names, too.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I propose Urpeen and Urvag for Mars and Venus respectively (and respectfully)

[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Apparently we do in the year 2208

[–] cholesterol@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Huh?

[–] WetAndFlummoxed@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Guessing it's a reference to Futurama where the professor says they renamed it to urectum.

[–] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

100%

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Possible futurama reference, where they rename Uranus to Urectum.

[–] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

100% accurate

[–] ettyblatant@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

We will!

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

Because people mispronounce it?