In mythology, Uranus (or Ouranos) is the son AND husband of Gaia (Earth). They had 18 kids together, but he hated having kids, so he hid the kids inside Gaia… in a cave I guess, presumably not the same cave he was having sex with. In response, she gave the youngest, Cronus, a magic sickle and he castrated Ouranos. So somehow, despite 63 Earths being able to fit inside Uranus, Uranus managed to fit himself inside of Earth at least 18 times.

It’s also crazy that astronomers didn’t go with the objectively cooler ‘Ouranos’ spelling of the name, and instead went with the ‘Your Anus’ spelling.

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Hegar 14 points 3 years ago

presumably not the same cave he was having sex with

It was exactly the same cave he was having sex with. He refused to remove his penis to prevent their children from leaving the womb cave, so Kronos had to castrate Ouranos so they could emerge.

That's the actual myth.

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mapiki 1 point 3 years ago

Every time you think it can't get weirder.

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Capricorn_Geriatric 1 point 3 years ago

Yup, "our years" sounds way better than "your anus"

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humorlessrepost 10 points 3 years ago

That beats the current sharpie record!

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irmoz 8 points 3 years ago

You're a nuss.

That's the official pronunciation. Practice it, and one day you can partake in astrononical discussions without giggling!

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ridethisbike 5 points 3 years ago

Nah I'm good fam

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Kase 2 points 3 years ago

The great thing about this is that "a" can be pronounced as either long or short a. At least, that's how it's used where I live, I'm not sure if that's actually "correct."

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betahack 7 points 3 years ago

Jesus christ....do they not teach you anything in school anymore??

astronomers changed the name of Uranus to end that stupid joke.

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Daxtron2 16 points 3 years ago

It's true, they changed it to urectum

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betahack 4 points 3 years ago

🤣

this guy gets it

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Daxtron2 1 point 3 years ago

Wheres my Futurama sleeper gang at

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Kase 1 point 3 years ago

For real? What'd they change it to?

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jettrscga 1 point 3 years ago

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Mr_Fish 1 point 3 years ago

Did they change it to George? Please tell me it's called George now.

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spiffynova 6 points 3 years ago

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db2 4 points 3 years ago

.. in the back seat of a stellar Volkswagen.

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IWantToFuckSpez 4 points 3 years ago

Siswet: “Only 63?”

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Senseless 1 point 3 years ago

Is it good or bad that I know what you're talking about?

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IWantToFuckSpez 2 points 3 years ago

It means that you are an erudite person.

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bmsok 4 points 3 years ago

Embrace Uranus

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ininewcrow 4 points 3 years ago

What else can you fit in Uranus?

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fluxion 7 points 3 years ago

Massive amounts of gas

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ininewcrow 3 points 3 years ago

phttt ... give me a good milkshake (I'm lactose intolerant) and I can do that too

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KingThrillgore 2 points 3 years ago

I'll tell you what not to put in there: Christmas decorations. They break easy and it can cause a mess. Don't want to pollute all of Uranus' non-solid core with glass shards.

See it even sounds sexual when I clearly make it about the planet

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redxef 4 points 3 years ago

Important question, do they mean

63*V_Earth <= V_Uranus, 64*V_Earth > V_Uranus

They actually considered sphere packing and thus 64*V_Earth <= V*_Uranus

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MightyGalhupo 2 points 3 years ago

I hope I can always be immature enough to laugh at this. Life sucks, enjoy the little things. Or in this case the very big space you can fit things into.

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SquishMallow 2 points 3 years ago

The day that happens, I'd rather die

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FlyingSquid 2 points 3 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5lWowU52t8

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