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[–] Thorry@feddit.org 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] bombadil@feddit.org 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

hope he won't go supermeowva 😳

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The mass shedding ejections are bad enough!

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Wait, he cumming the planets???

That is the central belief of my religious order.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

That's just the scientific understanding of planet formation tbh. Does your religion explain why Hisanus is orbiting him, along with his two big blue icy balls?

It does, but I'm not allowed to say.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 10 points 23 hours ago

Did he eat mars and spit up another Neptune?

[–] unknown@piefed.social 8 points 1 day ago

Sol needs to go on a diet.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

(Just asking) Did AI slop machine eat Mars & poop out another really giant Neptue?
(The feline star seems accurate tho, no notes there.)

[–] blackbrook@mander.xyz 4 points 1 day ago

It looks to me that earth and Mars switched places, Venus shrank and Mercury is lost in fur. And we seem to have an extra copy of Neptune

[–] kender242@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I think the cat is sitting in Mercury's orbit...

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 1 points 23 hours ago

Oh. I was wondering the same thing, and didn’t notice it is AI. That checks out.

Elon Musk copyrighted Mars so you are no longer allowed to use the name. He is planning Mars.Inc as his next IPO based on vapor and promises.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

And that's why astrology is different from astronomy.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

We aren’t balanced on top of a turtle?

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 1 points 6 hours ago

Four elephants on the back of great A'tuin

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You forgot the 🐘🐘🐘🐘

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’ve only read the first two books (in publication order).

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Ah, time for Equal Rites! He's just warming up really, but one thing he did in his last days was to come back around to Eskarina and Simon.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry, am I supposed to understand this? Because I don’t.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Book number 3 is Equal Rites, Eskarina Smith is the main character. Like the first two it's shorter and less intricate than the later novels, but it's well worth reading and I approve of reading the Discworld books in publication order.

GNU Terry Pratchett

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I was gonna read each collection in turn, like wizards, witches, death, city watch, etc., and occasionally a standalone.

Is there significant reason to avoid doing it that way?

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Nope! Honestly any order is fine, even completely out of order if you don't mind spoilers and are comfortable with a little confusion here and there.

Equal Rites is a Wizards/Witches crossover and helps set up some of the rules, but Pratchett's pretty good about explaining anything you're going to need in the moment he's using it.

I'm glad you mentioned standalones because Small Gods and Maurice are two of my favorites.

Have fun!

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 27 minutes ago

Small Gods is the first standalone on my list!