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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by m3t00 to c/science

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[–] cholesterol 36 points 11 months ago (5 children)

We have to rename this thing

[–] rbhfd 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 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 4 points 11 months ago

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

[–] CobblerScholar 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Apparently we do in the year 2208

[–] cholesterol 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Huh?

[–] WetAndFlummoxed 36 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] TargaryenTKE 10 points 11 months ago

100%

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Possible futurama reference, where they rename Uranus to Urectum.

[–] TargaryenTKE 5 points 11 months ago

100% accurate

[–] ettyblatant 8 points 11 months ago

We will!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Because people mispronounce it?