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[–] Elechicken@lemmy.ca 26 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Aren't humans commonly referred to as Earthlings? I do respect the point you are making, especially with reference to the Star Trek species.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 32 points 5 days ago (3 children)

We're Terrans from Terra.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I thought we were Humans from Hume.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Not Kantians from Kant?

[–] homik@slrpnk.net 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Some people also claim they're just platonic. I don't know if Plato is a planet, though.

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 5 points 5 days ago

Did you hear about Plato? That's messed up, right? Gus from psych

[–] moriquende@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

From Humus.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You're not that far off, really.

[–] moriquende@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Damn lol, TIL.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

By The Emperor?

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 points 5 days ago

Probably taken from some latin language to sound cooler (eg: italians) where the Earth is called Terra