Remember that little rock called 2003 UB313? You know, the one that turned out to be bigger than Pluto and caused all the fuss that led to a redefinition of planetary status. If so you may recall that it’s discoverer provisionally named it “Xena”. I rather liked the idea, but the astronomers didn’t. They do, after all, have a tradition of naming things after characters from Greek mythology, and Xena doesn’t quite cut it on that level. So the official name for 2003 UB313 is: Eris.
Perfect, just perfect.
Hail Eris! Immanentize the eschaton!
Exactly. 🙂
But you see we now have a problem. Previously I didn’t really mind much about Pluto not being a planet any more. But now I think all good Discordians have a duty to lobby for Pluto to be restored to planetary status, because if it is then Eris clearly ought to be a planet too.
Thankfully all good Discordians also have a duty to ignore duty.