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Marie Curie
Submitted 3 weeks ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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BenchpressMuyDebil@szmer.info 3 weeks ago
shneancy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
hi hello it’s me, part of the horde, a polish person has been mentioned so we need to do the ritual:
POLSKA MOUNTAIN RAAAAA 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🦅🔥
(also folks, don’t forget to include her Polish surname there as well! It’s Maria Skłodowska-Curie. when she was alive Poland wasn’t recognised as a nation, it wasn’t even on the maps for most of her life, so her choice to keep her polish name after marriage is a deliberate action to honour her Polish heritage and keep the national spirit of Poland strong despite there being no official country Poles could call home at the time)
MissJinx@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I see Poland Flag, I invade
whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I thought that we were talking about the french woman Marie Curie? 🇲🇫
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
TORILLE 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮
no wait
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 3 weeks ago
I don’t know if she kept her polish last name after marriage but in Poland it’s always Maria Skłodowska-Curie. I think it’s some kind of Polish curse that the most famous poles are not known by polish names so people don’t realize they were Polish. Curie, Chopin, Copernicus, John Paul II. Or, even worse, they are known by polish name by no one can pronounce it. The highest peak in Australia is Mt Kościuszko but Australians don’t know it’s named after polish General because they can’t even say it.
gnutrino@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Good ole’ Mt Cozy Couscous. To be fair, no one forced the Poles to make their language unpronounceable by anyone without a lifetime’s practice or severe sinus issues.
_skj@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Looks like she continued to use her maiden name throughout her life. American schools seem to always use her French name, including using Marie instead of Maria. Partially because Americans can’t pronounce Polish names. And likely a significant cultural bias towards associating scientific advancement with Western Europe.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 3 weeks ago
I’ve never seen a “Maria Skłodowska-Curie street” outside of Poland. It’s always Marie Curie. It’s definitely not just USA, it’s the same in Europe.
betanumerus@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
She became famous while in France, married to a Curie, having daughters named Curie, winning Nobel prizes with her husband while there, and spending the rest of her life there. I don’t think it’s about a Polish curse, it’s about which name was more practical and natural for her to use, and being famous well beyond Poland. Curie is indeed easier to pronounce and more memorable in both French and English, and it’s common for famous people to go by their easiest name by choice (Bill vs William, John vs Jonathan, etc.). This in no way reduces her original name. Famous actors even look to have a stage (public) name to help them be more famous.
sqgl@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
The highest peak in Australia is Mt Kościuszko but Australians don’t know it’s named after polish General because they can’t even say it.
Not true about Australians (and I am no patriot).
Slovene@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
But it’s NOT a pole, it’s a whole mountain, dumdum.
rockerface@lemmy.cafe 3 weeks ago
I think in Ukraine she’s also more known under the full name, from what I can remember from my school years
TheBat@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Real tweet btw: xcancel.com/MariahCarey/…/1300927716225699852
alexcleac@szmer.info 3 weeks ago
If only she new how Maria Skłodowska-Curie died, she wouldn’t be as happy for the resemblance…
sepiroth154@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
If she knows she has 2 Nobel prizes I think she might know how she died
miss_demeanour@piefed.ca 3 weeks ago
I don't have a computer, so I'm guessing she fell on them?
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
🎶 All I want for Christmas is uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuranium🎶
BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Not only does she have 2 nobel prices, but she is the first woman to receive a nobel price in 1903. She is also the only person that ever got two novel prices in two different areas of expertise.
dumbass@leminal.space 3 weeks ago
Mariah Carey is an alchemist.
nectar45@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I mean she has a point
ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Both of them spread cancer in different ways.
jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Like butter.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Marie Curie could also hit that A12.
BoxedFenders@hexbear.net 3 weeks ago
What a banger of a tweet. This is pretty much the perfect reply.
TrueStalinistPatriot@hexbear.net 3 weeks ago
It’s Maria Skłodowska-Curie Hope this helps 🤗
ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 3 weeks ago
Took me a second, but my god… that guy is a douche!
Wakmrow@hexbear.net 3 weeks ago
Dutch detected
skisnow@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Posts like this always make me wonder how many people are telling stories of deadpan jokes I made in their presence, that they didn’t realize were jokes.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
Same. Like 80% of what comes out of my mouth is sarcastically saying dumb shit because it’s funny to me. Every now and then I get a response from someone that makes me wonder who else isn’t getting that I’m joking.
Randelung@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I have a colleague who knows and told me she doesn’t get sarcasm. The first few weeks were brutal.
cuerdo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Just yesterday I asked some guy where he was from,
he said “Between South Africa and England” I said “That was a long birth”
He looked at me as if I eat marbles and walked away.
whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
You did have marbles in your mouth th, did you?
ruuster13@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I had a teacher who asked me in front of the class if I would mind if he shared with the class a big accolade I had achieved. He was teasing me, as he took away my choice to say no in that moment. I was immensely proud and excited for that to be shared with the class, but also chose to take a jab back at him. I stated flatly “no, I don’t want that shared with the class.” Before I could say “just joking” or whatever, the awkward silence I had created made me panic and shut down. And after a few more awkward moments we moved on to something else. 20 years later my stomach still churns.
skisnow@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
If it’s any consolation I can guarantee that nobody will remember that.
ruuster13@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
It was high school physics and I had aced the final exam, which was the same exam used in the equivalent college course.
Randelung@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m pretty sure some girls I only met once at the end of high school think I took performance enhancing drugs to pass so easily.