My God, it's full of THREAD BOMBS!

[TheGodBen]

They didn't rename Pluto, they redefined what it is, which is not the same.

Pluto should never have been defined as a planet in the first place, it was mistaken for a bigger planet which doesn't actually exist because the calculations were based on faulty Newtonian physics. When we eventually learned its actual size, when we learned about its eccentric orbit, and when we learned about its binary relationship with Charon, the IAU should have admitted the mistake and moved on. But no, they spent 30 years looking for a bigger object than Pluto, and once they found one they finally had the sense to act.

Pluto's characteristics are significantly different than those of the 8 known planets in the solar system, as such it deserves a seperate definition.


Anyway, here's some pictures:

 

[Lindley]

 

[kathryn i am]

These are great!

 

[Deckerd]

Indeed.

 

[TheSeeker]

^BOTH of them

The first one is supposed to be a put-down, but the second is supposed to be an ego-booster!



Nice image if you like this sort of thing:

Historical figures.

Is Waldo in there somewhere?

 

[captcalhoun]

Did we ever have this:

There are NINE planets, damn it!

thirteen. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake and Eris.

 

[Unicron]

Nice.

 

[Bears Discover Fire]

There will always be nine. No poxy skywatchers are going to tell us otherwise.

There will always be nine. No poxy skywatchers are going to tell us otherwise.

Actually, since those "poxy skywatchers" are the people who have studied these things for years and have some very good reasons to consider Pluto a dwarf planet, they get to decide how many planets there are. Just like how doctors get to decide the name of diseases and biologists get to decide the name of organisms.

There will always be nine. No poxy skywatchers are going to tell us otherwise.

Actually, since those "poxy skywatchers" are the people who have studied these things for years and have some very good reasons to consider Pluto a dwarf planet, they get to decide how many planets there are. Just like how doctors get to decide the name of diseases and biologists get to decide the name of organisms.

They didn't rename Pluto, they redefined what it is, which is not the same.

Actually, since those "poxy skywatchers" are the people who have studied these things for years and have some very good reasons to consider Pluto a dwarf planet, they get to decide how many planets there are. Just like how doctors get to decide the name of diseases and biologists get to decide the name of organisms.

They didn't rename Pluto, they redefined what it is, which is not the same.

Okay, so my examples weren't so great, but my point still stands.
TBH I can't really see how anyone could claim there's nine planets. Even if you don't agree with the IAU's new definition of planet, surely you'd have to consider Eris a planet too? It's larger, more massive, and in a similarly weird orbit as Pluto. The same thing goes for the other 3 dwarf planets. So if you consider Pluto to still be a planet, wouldn't you logically have to consider there to be 10-13 planets?

We don' wan' your steenking redefinitions!

They didn't rename Pluto, they redefined what it is, which is not the same.

Pluto should never have been defined as a planet in the first place, it was mistaken for a bigger planet which doesn't actually exist because the calculations were based on faulty Newtonian physics. When we eventually learned its actual size, when we learned about its eccentric orbit, and when we learned about its binary relationship with Charon, the IAU should have admitted the mistake and moved on. But no, they spent 30 years looking for a bigger object than Pluto, and once they found one they finally had the sense to act.

Pluto's characteristics are significantly different than those of the 8 known planets in the solar system, as such it deserves a seperate definition.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

 

[JonathonWally]

I honestly can't tell which one is more epic.

 

[Admiral Shran]

So if you consider Pluto to still be a planet, wouldn't you logically have to consider there to be 10-13 planets?

Well, that settles it for me.

From now on, there's 10-13 planets in our solar system.

 

[auntiehill]

We need to have that available for use in Misc. as standard procedure.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

So if you consider Pluto to still be a planet, wouldn't you logically have to consider there to be 10-13 planets?

Well, that settles it for me.

From now on, there's 10-13 planets in our solar system.

Eh, give or take.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

I honestly can't tell which one is more epic.

I love that the watch ad says "If you're looking for a subtle way to break the ice..."

 

[trekkiedane]

Is Rupert still considered a planet?




ETA:

 

[jkladis]

How's that?

I thought you were a bit more enlightened than that. Oh well.

And everyone's favorite stay-on-topic guy fails at doing just that.

 

[trekkiedane]

Found this one today:

 

[Deranged Nasat]

Seal Clubbing. It took me a moment, I must admit. It's great, though - good one .

We need to have that available for use in Misc. as standard procedure.

Agreed. That's another great one.

 

[Admiral Shran]

 

[Adm_Hawthorne]

Okay, the second one made me lol for real.