showerthoughts·Showerthoughtsbylnklnx We mock the people that named Mars after the god of war because it looked like blood, calling them ignorant and superstitious. But Mars is red because of the iron content, and so is blood. So reallyView original on piefed.social50Comments21Reply
Schwim Dandy piefed.zip1Hide 1 replyWho are you hanging around with that is mocking the people that named Mars?56Reply
TTribblesBestFriend replystartrek.websiteWho don’t ? Fucking fuckwit thinking that Mars is Ares. Pffff10Reply
FriendOfDeSoto startrek.website1Hide 1 replySee you next Monday at the planet naming mocking society.33Reply
ttrashcroissant replylemmy.blahaj.zoneThere is only one planet name that deserves mocking. That godawful Earth.2Reply
ssurewhynotlem lemmy.worldYeah, fucking stupid Romans and their propensity for naming planets after the literal gods they believed in. What?8Reply
spittingimage lemmy.worldNot as hard as we mock the guy who really thought we'd pronounce it "Oo-RAH-nus".4Reply
llordnikon lemmy.world8Hide 8 repliesSince there is no oxygen on mars shouldn't blood be blue though. Maybe Neptune would be a better planet for mars. Edit* wasn't thinking and fell for an old myth. See comment below.2Reply
llordnikon replylemmy.world1Hide 1 replyI just looked it up and I stand corrected thank you. Some old myths are hard to get rid off.4Reply
HHawke replylemmy.worldFor sure, that’s a long standing one. It does look blue through skin and it’s a much darker red, more maroon than proper “red”.3Reply
ccaptainlezbian replylemmy.worldAlso, the iron on mars is oxidized. That's why it's not the dark gray planet2Reply
tthethrilloftime69 replyfeddit.online3Hide 3 repliesThere's oxygen on Mars. Just not enough for us to breathe.4Reply
tthethrilloftime69 replyfeddit.online1Hide 1 replyMars is red because there was enough oxygen to oxidize the iron.2Reply
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Who are you hanging around with that is mocking the people that named Mars?
Who don’t ? Fucking fuckwit thinking that Mars is Ares. Pffff
See you next Monday at the planet naming mocking society.
There is only one planet name that deserves mocking. That godawful Earth.
Who be mockin'?
OP, are the people who mock people who name planets in the room with us?
The irony of your cast iron theory.
I'm usually mocking people because they believe in retarded gods
Yeah, fucking stupid Romans and their propensity for naming planets after the literal gods they believed in.
What?
Not as hard as we mock the guy who really thought we'd pronounce it "Oo-RAH-nus".
Since there is no oxygen on mars shouldn't blood be blue though. Maybe Neptune would be a better planet for mars.
Edit* wasn't thinking and fell for an old myth. See comment below.
No. Blood is red regardless of oxygen.
I just looked it up and I stand corrected thank you. Some old myths are hard to get rid off.
For sure, that’s a long standing one.
It does look blue through skin and it’s a much darker red, more maroon than proper “red”.
Also, the iron on mars is oxidized. That's why it's not the dark gray planet
There's oxygen on Mars. Just not enough for us to breathe.
So not enough to turn blood red?
Mars is red because there was enough oxygen to oxidize the iron.
Yeah but its at trace levels now
"we" did?