RyanGosling [none/use name]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agoAnyone noticed how the woke decided that possums are now called "opossums" and that Pluto is no longer a planet? They've been changing the meaning of words for decades nowmessage-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up160
arrow-up160message-squareAnyone noticed how the woke decided that possums are now called "opossums" and that Pluto is no longer a planet? They've been changing the meaning of words for decades nowRyanGosling [none/use name]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareNephewAlphaBravo [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agoPluto isn’t a full planet anymore but it’s cool as hell that Pluto-Charon is a binary planet.
minus-squareNephewAlphaBravo [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoKeep your barycenter where we can’t see it
minus-squareedge [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agoPossum is a valid alternative to opossum regardless of some Australian animal with the same name. But opossum is the older spelling.
minus-squarePointAndClique [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoHowever Australian possums never go by opossum so it’s a one way street (also sorry to Aotearoa where they’re apparently now a pest)
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Pluto isn’t a full planet anymore but it’s cool as hell that Pluto-Charon is a binary planet.
Oh snap!
Keep your barycenter where we can’t see it![emoji volcel-judge volcel-judge](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/a1dd633b-75ba-4e94-9762-cc0ea63d1300.png)
Gulp
Possum is a valid alternative to opossum regardless of some Australian animal with the same name. But opossum is the older spelling.
However Australian possums never go by opossum so it’s a one way street (also sorry to Aotearoa where they’re apparently now a pest)