BrerChicken

joined 2 years ago
[–] BrerChicken@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I'm not going to argue with astronomers about how they define planets. I do my job, they do theirs!

[–] BrerChicken@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You wouldn't call a person a dwarf, period. So don't do that. If you ever meet a little person, they'll probably refer to themselves as a little person. You should just follow their lead

A dwarf planet is not a category of planets. It is a category of sub-planetary objects. This is how the term "dwarf planet" was adopted by the IAU in 2006. It did used to mean "type of planet", but there are just too many of them, and they're really too different from planets, so it literally does not mean that anymore. At least to astronomers.

[–] BrerChicken@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Some classics:

  • lactic acid buildup makes your muscles hurt after a workout
  • blood that's returning to the heart and lungs is blue, blood that's leaving your heart to go do it's thing is red
  • sugar makes kids hyper

All three of those things have been thoroughly debunked, and are demonstrably false, and yet we teach them all the time. Sometimes it's even SCIENCE TEACHERS that are repeating these things, and sometimes it's right in the textbook!

[–] BrerChicken@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Stuff doesn't make us happy, people do. It's always been like that. If we spend less time with people, in person, we will be less happy.

[–] BrerChicken@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] BrerChicken@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

This guy's a biker and he's tired of having his life put at even MORE risk by motherfuckers who already can't drive distracting themselves even more. I feel him.

[–] BrerChicken@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I'm definitely looking forward to this, but not because of the science fiction!