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Thagomizer

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Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    IIRC, paleontologists LOVE the Thagomizer.

    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer

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    • cobysev@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yup, because of his comic about it, paleontologists have officially named it the Thagomizer.

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      • panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I like when stuff like this happens.

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  • lividweasel@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    “Mom, I want a thagomizer!”

    “We have a thagomizer at home.”

    The thagomizer at home: Image

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This meme made me think of this meme:

    Image

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    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      there are other Edges of Annihilation, but this one is mine

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  • psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    From wikipedia

    Cartoonist Gary Larson invented the name “thagomizer” in 1982 as a joke in his comic strip The Far Side, and it was gradually adopted as an informal term sometimes used within scientific circles, research, and education.

    Also wikipedia

    The term was picked up initially by Kenneth Carpenter, then a paleontologist at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, who used the term when describing a fossil at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting in 1993. Thagomizer has since been adopted as an informal anatomical term and is used by the Smithsonian Institution, the Dinosaur National Monument, the book The Complete Dinosaur and the BBC documentary series Planet Dinosaur. The term has also appeared in some technical papers describing stegosaurs and related dinosaurs.

    How is this still “informal” when all the big guy using that? You can’t just anthagomize someone because they aren’t from the same community!

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    • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      This comment is great just for “anthagomize,” a word autocorrect really didn’t want to grant me.

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      • psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Honestly i just wanna make that pun.

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  • GheeButtersnaps@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I have the Thagomizer meme hanging at my desk because I was raised on Larson and to always remind me that silliness can make a profound impact.

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  • Godric@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Named after the late Thag Simmons…

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  • UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What crazy timing. I’ve been cooking the past couple hours and randomly thought about the thagomizer.

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      let’s be honest, we all think about the thagomizer every few hours

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      • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        It’s better than constantly thinking about the Roman Empire

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    • racemaniac@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’m not supposed to tell you this, but this is not random. you’re basically in the truman show, and you’re the central character. They noticed you thinking about it, so made sure it became relevant again!

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      • UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Sorry for such a lackluster show if it comes down to making sure I’m looking at the correct memes

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