Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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We should name the moon. Most people don't call their pets "dog" or "cat". (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Earth too!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It does. The moon is officially called Luna.

Also people have been known to all their cat Neko which is Japanese for cat.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The moon is a satellite...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

And could still carry a name. People assign names to all types of machines, aka: satellites.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Yes and the name we gave it was moon. And satellite means object in orbit around a planet. It's not a necessarily a machine.