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Some day I hope someone explains to me why people care so much about the classification of Pluto.
by delazeur 10y ago
Some day I hope someone explains to me why people care so much about the classification of Pluto.
- mk-61 10y agoI think it's just change of habits. For example, in russian "coffee" was masculine gender for long time, until significant amount of people started to erroneously call it in neutral gender. Now rules is "okay" with both.
- delazeur 10y agoI don't know, in the U.S. people get really emotional about Pluto's status.
- seandougall 10y agoI have to confess, this song rather gets to me: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6lZdqonobwk https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6lZdqonobwk
- AKrumbach 10y agoI like to play with those sort of people by saying that the planets of the solar system are: "Mercury, Venus, Mondas, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Rupert". While one of those entries is strictly fictional, if Pluto belongs on the list there's no reason to exclude Ceres or Eris (though in the true spirit of Discordianism, I have to stick with the initial, fictional name for the final known planet).
- frivoal 10y agoMy guess: It is also a cute character from Disney. In French they are not homophones, and people seem to care a lot less.
- matt-attack 10y agoThat's what I can't figure out. It is what it is. What a few men decide to call it, doesn't change what it is. It's mass, radius and composition are not in debate. Those are the things that matter (no pun intended).