sundray@lemmus.orgcake to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoMercury is dealing with some stuff [Too Much Coffee Man]lemmus.orgimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-square_____@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIs a planet a world ? Is the world the universe ? I’ve heard the earth being called “the world” but never other planets.
minus-squareFlocklesscrow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIt depends. If the planet is sentient, as in the context of a joke, then probably okay to call it a world. But other times? Hell no.
minus-squaresundray@lemmus.orgcakeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIt depends on who you ask.
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Is a planet a world ? Is the world the universe ? I’ve heard the earth being called “the world” but never other planets.
It depends. If the planet is sentient, as in the context of a joke, then probably okay to call it a world. But other times? Hell no.
It depends on who you ask.