For me, it may be that the toilet paper roll needs to have the open end away from the wall. I don’t want to reach under the roll to take a piece! That’s ludicrous!

That or my recent addiction to correcting people when they use “less” when they should use “fewer”

  • @gnutrino@programming.devEnglish
    38•3 months ago

    The seventh planet from the sun should be called Caelus not Uranus. All the other planets get named after the Roman equivalent of their respective god, why should that one get special treatment just so people can make puerile jokes.

    EDIT: spelling

    • Angry_Autist (he/him)
      6•3 months ago

      You know before this post I didn’t have a dog in this fight but now I am right beside you on this hill and it will be Caelus in my mind from now on.

      So easier to talk seriously about, as you point out.

    • ObjectivityIncarnate
      3•3 months ago

      The name was proposed by German astronomer Johann Elert Bode in 1782, breaking from the tradition of naming planets after Roman deities. Bode argued that since Saturn is the father of Jupiter, Uranus should be named for the father of Saturn, aligning the planetary hierarchy.

      While it broke the previous pattern, the reasoning is solid, and he’s the guy who confirmed it’s actually a planet (when it was first discovered, meant thought it might just be a comet or something like that), so I’m cool with letting him name it how he pleases.

      But regardless of what the creator says, hard G on “gif”. Sorry man, closest analogue is “gift”, and my brain is going to want to pronounce a ‘word’ that starts with the same 3 letters, the same way.

      • @ulternoEnglish
        0•3 months ago

        I used to say G.I.F. before I heard people calling it gif.

        Also, I don’t have enough people I need to talk to about it, using sound, so it’s mostly just in writing.