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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Going to memorize the elements

Traditional week

  • Sunday
  • Moonday
  • Fireday
  • Waterday
  • Woodday
  • Goldday
  • Soilday

But a new version just dropped:

Modernized week

  • Hydrogenday
  • Heliumday
  • Lithiumday
  • Berylliumday
  • Boronday
  • Carbonday
  • Nitrogenday
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

They're named after planets, in the ancient sense of "lights in the sky that don't stand still".

  • Sunday
  • Moonday
  • Marsday
  • Mercuryday
  • Jupiterday
  • Venusday
  • Saturnday
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Oppenheimer/Einstein have entered the chat with Uraniumday