• BussyGyatt@feddit.orgOPEnglish
    21·
    3 months ago

    here’s one: pluto is not a planet. i remember they told us about this in school but it turns out that wasnt true, it was just made up.

        • generallynonsensical@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          3 months ago

          It’s a joke man. Settle down.

          Pluto’s status as a planet is a long-standing controversy which has lead to many often serious online debates, often hilarious. Your example for your post invites the debates here. Hence, starting shit.

          Pluto is a dwarf planet or minor planet. Technically still a planet but due to it not meeting the criteria for major planet status, the powers that be decided it needed demotion.

          Ceres in the asteroid belt is another example of a dwarf planet.

          No disrespect to you. Just a common joke.

          • BussyGyatt@feddit.orgOPEnglish
            2·
            3 months ago

            oh my bad, i missed it completely. im pretty tired and a lil drunk. its funny now i see it.

        • Deconceptualist@leminal.spaceEnglish
          3·
          3 months ago

          Relax my dude, he’s just playing off the observation that pluto discussions get weirdly heated on the net. I don’t think he was coming at you from any angle whatsoever.

          [Apologies for the presumed male pronouns throughout]

    • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      It was true at the time, but it isn’t true anymore.

      Since then, we nailed down the definition of “planet”, and Pluto (along with Ceres, Eris, Haumea, Makemake, and others) don’t meet the requirements.