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minus-squareElechicken@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·7 hours agoAren’t humans commonly referred to as Earthlings? I do respect the point you are making, especially with reference to the Star Trek species.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·6 hours agoWe’re Terrans from Terra.
minus-squareGraniteM@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 hours agoI thought we were Humans from Hume.
minus-squarehomik@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-25 hours agoSome people also claim they’re just platonic. I don’t know if Plato is a planet, though.
minus-squarezero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoDid you hear about Plato? That’s messed up, right?
minus-squareAxolotl@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 hours agoProbably taken from some latin language to sound cooler (eg: italians) where the Earth is called Terra
Aren’t humans commonly referred to as Earthlings? I do respect the point you are making, especially with reference to the Star Trek species.
We’re Terrans from Terra.
I thought we were Humans from Hume.
Not Kantians from Kant?
Some people also claim they’re just platonic. I don’t know if Plato is a planet, though.
Did you hear about Plato? That’s messed up, right?
Probably taken from some latin language to sound cooler (eg: italians) where the Earth is called Terra