Important news about Pluto downgrade
A few minutes ago, as I was out running errands, a radio news brief reported that the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has voted to downgrade Pluto from “planet” to “dwarf planet.”
After the one-sentence set-up, the anchor said that according to their expert, this move would have little effect on how astrologers do their work. They then cut to an audio actuality of an astrologer.
Due to the fact that we immediately smacked the radio (changing the station) and started screaming, we didn’t really hear the rest of the report. But it’s good to know that this move won’t affect my horoscope, which today says:
Why force yourself to get on the treadmill? Pick an activity that truly interests you. Take a flamenco class. Start going for long bike rides in the country. You’ll exercise more and be inspired in other parts of your life.
(I guess that’s a typo. It should read “Pick an activity that truly interests you OR take a flamenco class,” right?)
I consulted with The Great Samini, a noted local astrologer, and he confirms that if Pluto were downgraded, my horoscope for the day would instead have read:
You know she’s fat when she sits on your face and you can’t hear the stereo. Tonight you won’t be able to hear Tool if they’re in the bedroom.
So thank the gods for astrologers and radio journalism, huh?
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oh, you know you’d be totally hot in a flamenco dress 😉 besides, aren’t you much more edified for knowing that astrologers never really figured out what to do with all those extra planets in the first place, hence no difference? heh. nevermind thousands of years of fanciful flights regarding the first 7, erm, hold on, 5 plus a moon and a star *smirk*
i sleep far better knowing that i’m shielded from facts by both enterprises 🙂
oh, you know you’d be totally hot in a flamenco dress 😉 besides, aren’t you much more edified for knowing that astrologers never really figured out what to do with all those extra planets in the first place, hence no difference? heh. nevermind thousands of years of fanciful flights regarding the first 7, erm, hold on, 5 plus a moon and a star *smirk*
i sleep far better knowing that i’m shielded from facts by both enterprises 🙂
At least he didn’t say it wasn’t going to change the way we do cosmetology.
At least he didn’t say it wasn’t going to change the way we do cosmetology.
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This is one more thing to add to my list. So far I have “all text books must be changed, reissue all models and kits of the solar system, break the little guy off of all hanging mobiles, repaint over the murals, recall all solar system sheet sets…”
coffee
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This is one more thing to add to my list. So far I have “all text books must be changed, reissue all models and kits of the solar system, break the little guy off of all hanging mobiles, repaint over the murals, recall all solar system sheet sets…”
That coffee/nose thing couldn’t have felt so good.
That coffee/nose thing couldn’t have felt so good.
I have a high pain threshold.
And it was worth it.
I have a high pain threshold.
And it was worth it.
Well, it could be worse.
We could have 12 planets now … and counting.
(Considering that The Moon is larger than Pluto, you’d really have to start calling Moon-Earth a double-planet if you retained Pluto-Charon as one.)
That wouldn’t help the textbooks much. We’d have to change them every few years, as we’d be adding 10-20 new “planets” every decade.
Still, I think it’s a good compromise. Pluto can still be called a planet, if you want to. It’s just a “dwarf planet,” instead of a “classical planet.”
Well, it could be worse.
We could have 12 planets now … and counting.
(Considering that The Moon is larger than Pluto, you’d really have to start calling Moon-Earth a double-planet if you retained Pluto-Charon as one.)
That wouldn’t help the textbooks much. We’d have to change them every few years, as we’d be adding 10-20 new “planets” every decade.
Still, I think it’s a good compromise. Pluto can still be called a planet, if you want to. It’s just a “dwarf planet,” instead of a “classical planet.”
Sizeism.
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Sizeism.
🙂