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My 9th grade science teacher, Mr. Chew, told me that I would outgrow my juvenile sense of humor. I turn 40 in April. Mr. Chew, you were incorrect!

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walrus01 8y ago
https://bgr.com/2018/07/03/uranus-collision-early-solar-system/ https://bgr.com/2018/07/03/uranus-collision-early-solar-syst... "A massive object devastated Uranus a long time ago and it never fully recovered" In all seriousness, crude graffiti and dick jokes have been around as long as we've had civilization and the written word: https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-graffiti-of-pompeii-was-downright-raunchy-and-abso-5929627 https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-graffiti-of-pompeii-was-downrigh...
- nwellnhof 8y ago
  Also this journalist: https://www.storypick.com/uranus-headlines-journalist/ https://www.storypick.com/uranus-headlines-journalist/
posterboy 8y ago
It doesn't get much better trying to be serious about it > οὐρᾰνός • (ouranós) > 1. the vaulted sky 2. the region above this vault, the home of the gods 3. (philosophy) the universe 4. anything shaped like the sky: vaulted ceiling, tent looks pretty good > Etymology > Probably from an older ϝορσανός (worsanós), which may be related to οὑρέω (houréō, “to urinate”), from Proto-Indo-European h₁worseye-, from h₁wers- (“rain”) (compare Sanskrit वर्षति (varṣati, “it rains”). OK, never mind. > A folk etymology advanced by Aristotle interpreted it as ὅρος (hóros, “limit”) and ἄνω (ánō, “up”). Oh wait a second. German ur-, English or- means roughly "original", from a sense "up", found e.g. in Urteil "sentence, decision, verdict", cognate to ordeal (teil and deal from a sense part, to split), but more significantly Urahne" "ancestor" (see above ἄνω "above"), Ursuppe* "primordial soup". Latin anus, cognate Ancient Greek ἀννίς (annís) means “grandmother”, old high german ano "grandfather", so Wer- as in werewolf means "man", too. Ouranus (wonder why Greek omega is written like a w) is father of the first titans. talk about ancestors. The name is potentially so old that it's constituents have been re-analized multiple times. but yeah, really funny.
- labster 8y ago
  > re-analized I see what you did there. I tried to find something relevant to link but Language Log doesn't seem to have discussed this particular planet.
tmsldd 8y ago
I have to stop reading the comments before the article ... it took 3 sec .. but now I can't finish it ;)
stcredzero 8y ago
Mr. Chew, told me that I would outgrow my juvenile sense of humor. Aliens. You have interesting features on the other planets. Saturn has a humongous freaking hexagon on it, for crying out loud! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn%27s_hexagon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn%27s_hexagon They know we're inching our way towards spaceflight, so they've acted to delay our arrival by making Uranus as bland as possible. (But seriously, it's never aliens. https://www.pbs.org/video/oumuamua-is-not-aliens-zjpppc/ https://www.pbs.org/video/oumuamua-is-not-aliens-zjpppc/ )

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walrus01 8y ago

https://bgr.com/2018/07/03/uranus-collision-early-solar-system/ https://bgr.com/2018/07/03/uranus-collision-early-solar-syst... "A massive object devastated Uranus a long time ago and it never fully recovered" In all seriousness, crude graffiti and dick jokes have been around as long as we've had civilization and the written word: https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-graffiti-of-pompeii-was-downright-raunchy-and-abso-5929627 https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-graffiti-of-pompeii-was-downrigh...

nwellnhof 8y ago
Also this journalist: https://www.storypick.com/uranus-headlines-journalist/ https://www.storypick.com/uranus-headlines-journalist/

posterboy 8y ago

It doesn't get much better trying to be serious about it > οὐρᾰνός • (ouranós) > 1. the vaulted sky 2. the region above this vault, the home of the gods 3. (philosophy) the universe 4. anything shaped like the sky: vaulted ceiling, tent looks pretty good > Etymology > Probably from an older ϝορσανός (worsanós), which may be related to οὑρέω (houréō, “to urinate”), from Proto-Indo-European h₁worseye-, from h₁wers- (“rain”) (compare Sanskrit वर्षति (varṣati, “it rains”). OK, never mind. > A folk etymology advanced by Aristotle interpreted it as ὅρος (hóros, “limit”) and ἄνω (ánō, “up”). Oh wait a second. German ur-, English or- means roughly "original", from a sense "up", found e.g. in Urteil "sentence, decision, verdict", cognate to ordeal (teil and deal from a sense part, to split), but more significantly Urahne" "ancestor" (see above ἄνω "above"), Ursuppe* "primordial soup". Latin anus, cognate Ancient Greek ἀννίς (annís) means “grandmother”, old high german ano "grandfather", so Wer- as in werewolf means "man", too. Ouranus (wonder why Greek omega is written like a w) is father of the first titans. talk about ancestors. The name is potentially so old that it's constituents have been re-analized multiple times. but yeah, really funny.

labster 8y ago
> re-analized I see what you did there. I tried to find something relevant to link but Language Log doesn't seem to have discussed this particular planet.

tmsldd 8y ago

I have to stop reading the comments before the article ... it took 3 sec .. but now I can't finish it ;)

stcredzero 8y ago

Mr. Chew, told me that I would outgrow my juvenile sense of humor. Aliens. You have interesting features on the other planets. Saturn has a humongous freaking hexagon on it, for crying out loud! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn%27s_hexagon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn%27s_hexagon They know we're inching our way towards spaceflight, so they've acted to delay our arrival by making Uranus as bland as possible. (But seriously, it's never aliens. https://www.pbs.org/video/oumuamua-is-not-aliens-zjpppc/ https://www.pbs.org/video/oumuamua-is-not-aliens-zjpppc/ )