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[–] shadowspirit@lemmy.world 54 points 2 years ago

This feels like one of those "I'm so stoned" and TIL posts. Speaking of...

[–] RooPappy@kbin.social 46 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Ganymede was a prince. He never boned Jupiter (or Zeus) as far as I know.

[–] Affidavit@aussie.zone 56 points 2 years ago

Someone's been reading the sanitised version of the story.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Which ultra PG rated version did you read?

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 42 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That's what happens when you get a bunch of super smart people in a room

[–] nucleative@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

It's like a Futurama joke that flies over most people's heads

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago

This is what happens when people have a basic knowledge of history and basic background knowledge of their field of expertise.

That's not to minimize their intelligence and competence; that's to say that it is expected that astronomers would know the names and histories of major nearby celestial bodies.

[–] TerminalEncounter@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Uranus' moons are named after Shakespeare characters which I always think is kinda fun!

[–] Affidavit@aussie.zone 4 points 2 years ago

Inb4 they all die a tragic but poetic death

[–] buh@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago