Thagomizer

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• psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  From wikipedia

  Cartoonist Gary Larson invented the name “thagomizer” in 1982 as a joke in his comic strip The Far Side, and it was gradually adopted as an informal term sometimes used within scientific circles, research, and education.

  Also wikipedia

  The term was picked up initially by Kenneth Carpenter, then a paleontologist at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, who used the term when describing a fossil at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting in 1993. Thagomizer has since been adopted as an informal anatomical term and is used by the Smithsonian Institution, the Dinosaur National Monument, the book The Complete Dinosaur and the BBC documentary series Planet Dinosaur. The term has also appeared in some technical papers describing stegosaurs and related dinosaurs.

  How is this still “informal” when all the big guy using that? You can’t just anthagomize someone because they aren’t from the same community!

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  • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This comment is great just for “anthagomize,” a word autocorrect really didn’t want to grant me.

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    • psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Honestly i just wanna make that pun.

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• GheeButtersnaps@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have the Thagomizer meme hanging at my desk because I was raised on Larson and to always remind me that silliness can make a profound impact.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This meme made me think of this meme:

  Image

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  • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    there are other Edges of Annihilation, but this one is mine

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• lividweasel@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “Mom, I want a thagomizer!”

  “We have a thagomizer at home.”

  The thagomizer at home: Image

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• Godric@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Named after the late Thag Simmons…

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• UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What crazy timing. I’ve been cooking the past couple hours and randomly thought about the thagomizer.

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  • racemaniac@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m not supposed to tell you this, but this is not random. you’re basically in the truman show, and you’re the central character. They noticed you thinking about it, so made sure it became relevant again!

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    • UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sorry for such a lackluster show if it comes down to making sure I’m looking at the correct memes

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    let’s be honest, we all think about the thagomizer every few hours

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    • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s better than constantly thinking about the Roman Empire

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• jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  IIRC, paleontologists LOVE the Thagomizer.

  en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer

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  • cobysev@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yup, because of his comic about it, paleontologists have officially named it the Thagomizer.

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    • panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I like when stuff like this happens.

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