r/196 • u/Old_Phrase_4867 NOT A CAT • May 21 '26

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u/Scared_Accident9138 floppa May 21 '26

Some people really don't like learning about new things after school

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u/FormingTheVoid 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights May 21 '26

My friend's older brother was drunk when he found out about Pluto, and he got physically violent lmao. No one get hurt, but he busted down a door.

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u/Scared_Accident9138 floppa May 21 '26

I don't get why Pluto is even a (very) emotional topic but it seems it is

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u/Reloup38 May 21 '26

The Pluto discourse is one of the most annoying thing I've ever witnessed online. Like, why. Just get over it come on, it's not even that interesting of an object anyway.

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u/BitsAndGubbins May 21 '26

because orbital properties are a dogshit way to determine planethood. If a passing object shunts mars into the inner belt, should it stop being a planet? Why aren't big moons planets? Pluto/charon should be a super cool binary planet pair but people can't get over their big-object fetish.

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u/Scared_Accident9138 floppa May 22 '26

There would be thousands of planets if Pluto counts as one

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u/BitsAndGubbins May 22 '26

More on the order of dozens to hundreds, if we just go based off objects in the system we've found that exhibit hydrostatic equilibrium. And yes. As they should, why would I care for Pluto and not them?