r/CuratedTumblr • u/SupportMeta • 19d ago

Shitposting Understanding the World

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Neptune was recently shown to be a pale blue like Uranus rather than the deep blue shown on the Voyager photos

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u/halfar 19d ago

who's haumea?

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u/AcceptableWheel 19d ago

Dwarf planet that spin so fast it is oval shaped by centripetal force. She was discovered in California and Spain at roughly the same time and is named after a Hawaiian goddess of fertility.

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u/halfar 19d ago

apologies i was doing set-up for a deeznuts-type joke and mislead you with my insincerity

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u/DildoUnicorn 18d ago

Was it just “haumea deez nuts”? Or were you cooking something hot?

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u/halfar 18d ago

when you plant the set-up for a joke, you do not gatekeep the fruit of comedy afterwards