We should name the moon. Most people don't call their pets "dog" or "cat". (lemmy.world)

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[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 93 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It does. The moon is officially called Luna.

Also people have been known to all their cat Neko which is Japanese for cat.

[-] Marty@programming.dev 33 points 7 months ago

The official name is "The Moon", Luna just means moon in Latin. It's all about capitalization. Moon is our moon, and moon is any moon.

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 22 points 7 months ago

And Moon Moon is my spirit animal.

[-] naticus@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

God dammit Moon Moon.

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