We did name it.
We named it “the moon.” Or Luna.
Before that, it was a nameless rock.
We should name the moon. Most people don't call their pets "dog" or "cat".
Submitted 7 months ago by MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 months ago
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Moon is inadequate.
ICastFist@programming.dev 7 months ago
English as a whole feels inadequate
hedgehog@ttrpg.network 7 months ago
When I meet a dog whose name I don’t know, I often address him or her as “Dog.” Similarly, if I meet a cat whose name I don’t know, I often address him or her as “Cat.” It’s only polite. It’s a generic but polite form of address, like “Ma’am” or “Sir.”
The same goes with a moon. I call it “Moon” because we aren’t yet on a first name basis.
Tell me, OP - what makes you think that you should be on a first name basis with the moon?
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That fucker has followed me around the world peaking into many places I’ve been. I should at least know who’s stalking me.
emptyother@programming.dev 7 months ago
That it is always around. Just hanging there in the sky. That we’ve spent so many nights together. But I guess it is in a way a long-distance relationship. Also its just a pale reflection of the sun. A rocky relationship, in many ways.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
When I see people on the trail I sometimes only greet the dog.
ray@kbin.social 7 months ago
Some guys are named Guy, and some gals are named Gal. I see no reason why a moon can't be named Moon.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Boring.
hperrin@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The moon has a number of names. Luna is the most common in English.
Mesa@programming.dev 7 months ago
Most people also don’t see a multitude of different moons on a day-to-day basis.
Boozilla@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Dear god, don’t let reddit name the fucking moon.
LennethAegis@kbin.social 7 months ago
Moony McMoonface
Sabata11792@kbin.social 7 months ago
Moony McMoonbutt.
RobotToaster@mander.xyz 7 months ago
Moon, in Old English mōna, and in Old Norse Máni, was originally the name for Earth’s moon.
The term kinda just got genericised.
bizzle@lemmy.world 7 months ago
What like Kleenex?
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Time for something better. As long as it’s not “McMoonface”.
My_friend_Johnny@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The moon is a satellite…
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 7 months ago
And could still carry a name. People assign names to all types of machines, aka: satellites.
My_friend_Johnny@lemmy.world 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.
sxan@midwest.social 7 months ago
Is the moon our pet?
brygphilomena@lemmy.world 7 months ago
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The “moon” belongs to humanity. We should pick a better name.
Akasazh@feddit.nl 7 months ago
I know a pack of wolves who disagree
Feathercrown@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The “moon” belongs to humanity
Says who?
slumberlust@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Found the Taker.
tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 7 months ago
A lot of people call their cat “cat”.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’m confident that many more use a name.
angrystego@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yeah, but each of them uses a different name. If you counted the frequency of the names, you might find out that Dog and Cat are among the common ones.
invisiblegorilla@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Should we tell him about Earth
Agent641@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Terra?
HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
The call it ‘Le Earth’ in paris
jpreston2005@lemmy.world 7 months ago
First people to colonize her get to name her. Maybe by 2050 we’ll have a nice moon base, and whoever is up there will start affectionately referring to the station and surface as something, and at that point, she’ll finally have her name.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Possibly. Better be more poignant than “Alpha”.
Sabata11792@kbin.social 7 months ago
Ah yes our sister plant, Landing Site Final Candidate 0X0054189.
I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Obligatory, The Moon is a moon!
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Hmm, she ain’t so smart.
LesserAbe@lemmy.world 7 months ago
We should give all the celestial bodies unique IDs instead of names
My_friend_Johnny@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I think every celestial body we know of already has a unique name/ID
LesserAbe@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Like a serial number?
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Lame
enjoytemple@kbin.social 7 months ago
Fly me to Susan
Let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like
On a Jupiter and Mars
In other words, hold my hand
In other words, baby kiss mesagrotan@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I propose: Leroy, the möön
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’ll add it to the poll.
naticus@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I say we name it “Thatsno”
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Hmmm, put it on the ballot.
TubeTalkerX@kbin.social 7 months ago
Fluffy?
Mittens?
Paul?MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Doesn’t look fluffy. Doesn’t look like it would fit my hands like mittens. I’m not a fan of the name Paul.
Cap@kbin.social 7 months ago
Do doo be-do-do
Mah Nà Mah Moon
Do do-do doTimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Na na na na Hey hey hey Good moon
Jaysyn@kbin.social 7 months ago
The moon's name is Luna.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
You mean Luma 1000002146
slazer2au@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It does. The moon is officially called Luna.
mipadaitu@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Our moon is officially called Moon. Luna is just something used occasionally, but not always. The sun is also officially named Sun. It’s just that those terms started being overloaded after we learned that there were other Moons and Suns. You can try to get all fancy with Sol and Luna, but those are just old Latin terms for Moon and Sun. They’re no less generic than the ones we currently use.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon#Names_and_etymology
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#Etymology
cuchilloc@lemmy.world 7 months ago
****Other satellites and stars
Marty@programming.dev 7 months ago
The official name is “The Moon”, Luna just means moon in Latin. It’s all about capitalization. Moon is our moon, and moon is any moon.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 7 months ago
And Moon Moon is my spirit animal.
Sunny@slrpnk.net 7 months ago
My cat is called Luna 🐱
angrystego@lemmy.world 7 months ago
So perhaps we could name our moon Cat, or perhaps Felis, you know, for the symetry.
oxomoxo@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Luna is the Latin word for moon. It’s not the official name in English. It’s just called “Moon” in English, just like the sun is just called “Sun” despite being many other words in other languages.
Because there is just one of them it’s not really necessary to give it a unique name, but there are lots of options in Latin, Greek and other languages if you want to get fancy.
cuchilloc@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Wdym? Sun is the name, Star is the type of celestial body, Moon is the name, satellite is the type of celestial body. This post is a farce.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Well I call it Luna, and I speak English, so it’s called Luna in English.
Chiarottide@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Except “luna” is latin for “Moon”, which means that in many neolatin languages the problem is still there. Probably Selene would be good for every language, She’s the whatever goddess of the whateverness of our Moon or whatever
intensely_human@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Except when Latin was spoken actively there was only one such body with the name “Luna”, so it’s a proper noun.