• kase
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      Holy shit, you made my day

  • @Burninator05
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    Narrator: He will never be mature enough for that.

  • Mr Fish
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    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.

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

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

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

  • @paddirn
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    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.

    • Hegar
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      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.

  • @[email protected]
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    You’re a nuss.

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

    • kase
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      21 year ago

      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.”

  • @betahack
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    71 year ago

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

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

  • @bmsok
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    Embrace Uranus