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[–] menemen@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is dumb. Dinosaurs looks are so diverse. He should have chosen a specific one.

[–] Jorgelino@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

At least narrow it down to clade, like just Theropods or something.

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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That's like saying Huckleberry Finn doesn't exist. Just because it's made-up doesn't mean it doesn't exist. It exists as a concept which billions of people understand.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

I think it is pretty clear in the context of the joke that they weren't saying the concept doesn't exist they were saying the attributes of the concept doesn't exist.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Counterpoint: how can Huckleberry Finn exist if our eyes aren't real?

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Nothing is real! I'm the only sentient entity in the universe. Now stop arguing with me, me.

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[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The Sun's position on the ecliptic at the vernal equinox is not a "concept", it's a physical reality, recognised by the International Astronomical Union.

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[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)
[–] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 54 points 1 year ago (5 children)

You don't have to steel it. It's a virtual picture. You can download it and share it with everyone, as often as you like, whenever you want. There's no cost attached in sharing data other than hardware and energy

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep, OP ~~stole~~ distributed this meme.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

You wouldn’t download a meme.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But....you mean...my nfts?

[–] explodicle@local106.com 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those are copy protected by nobody wanting them.

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[–] misterundercoat@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Enjoy this FREE* meme

*Messaging and data rates may apply

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[–] cuerdo@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I would argue that the zodiac is the proto-science of psychology.

This is people trying to find behavioral patterns

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 36 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Faulty pattern recognition isn't something we should be holding on to.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It is the alchemy to the chemistry is what they are saying

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So not at all based in science? Interesting as a historical curiosity but nothing more?

[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting because of the psychological insights into not how all people are, but how people make up theories in general. Same way religion has scientific significance in an anthropological sense.

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[–] zxqwas@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Turns out you can make up any arbitrary distinctions and they just start existing. The question is if they severe any useful purpose.

I can make zodiac 2.0 exist by adding shoe size to distinguish between regular aquarius and aquarius without platypus (above EU 42 is with). So now the Zodiac 2.0 exists with the same predictive power as 1.0.

[–] Ludrol@szmer.info 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)
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[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I usually say "Ophiuchus"

Which is the official 13th zodiac sign that was removed because 13 is a "bad" number

[–] starman@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Actually it was not removed. It just wasn't on the ecliptic plane before standardisation in 1930.

Constellations on sky change from time to time thanks to axial precession.

[–] YoorWeb@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Username checks out.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (9 children)
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[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Considering how the universe is full of stuff circling around stuff circling around stuff circling around... the zodiac signs have moved over the last couple of millenias.

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[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

Actually they do. The zodiac ~~sign~~ constellation of a day correspond to the constellation over which the sun while be at noon. So you do have a zodiac ~~sign~~ constellation associated to your day of bird. But depending on how your culture group stars in constellations you might be from a different zodiac. If you want to follow a classical westerner map of the sky, they will be 13 of them.

Also, note that the zodiac signs won't cut the year in equal parts. Some constellations are just bigger than other and the sun path across the sky changes more or less quickly from a day to another depending on the time of the year.

Edit : typo

He made up the sign and constellation Dinosaur.

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[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're missing out on some wild pussy.

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[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

While most zodiac signs are inspired by real animals, wtf is an "aquarius"?

[–] joranvar@feddit.nl 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)

In Dutch we don't use the Latin names for zodiac signs (and we call them "sterrenbeelden", which means "star images" or maybe "star statues"). Aquarius is "waterman", which I guess would translate to (surprise) "water man".

Why? Not sure, but it might be because of Simon Stevin who insisted we use Dutch words for mathematical concepts, and thought up some words like "evenwijdig" ("same distancey") for "parallel" and "wiskunde" ("certainty knowledge") for mathematics.

[–] rbhfd@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Literally, "water man" is correct. But I would translate it a bit more loosely as "water bearer".

Most, if not all, names of zodiac signs in Dutchare are literal translations from Latin. But while most people understand that Leo means Lion, how many know Cancer is Latin for crab?

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[–] ExLisper@linux.community 9 points 1 year ago

Gemini, Virgo, Libra and Sagittarius also are not animals. Almost half of them isn't. But you're technically correct that 'most' is. Which is the best kind of correct.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

An age. I heard a song about it.

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[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Whatevs more freaky rock ladies for me

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[–] Swallowtail@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The actual signs exist (get yourself a planisphere or a stargazing app, find some dark skies, and discover them for yourself!), it's just all the magic personality nonsense associated with them is bullshit.

[–] dudinax@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago (9 children)

The signs don't exist. It's just a random collection of stars.

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[–] LukeySixx@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

That made me spit out my coffee🤣

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

Pfffft if none of them exist then how did the Rat play a flute while standing on the head of the Ox to impress the Jade Emperor and become the first zodiac sign?

Checkmate, atheist.

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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