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[-] cholesterol@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago

We have to rename this thing

[-] rbhfd@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years 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 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

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

[-] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

Apparently we do in the year 2208

[-] cholesterol@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Huh?

[-] WetAndFlummoxed@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago

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

[-] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

100%

[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Possible futurama reference, where they rename Uranus to Urectum.

[-] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

100% accurate

[-] ettyblatant@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

We will!

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Because people mispronounce it?

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