I was reading a post about unique things you wouldn’t want, such as a nasty medical condition named after you.
That got me thinking.
What is the most unique thing.
Being the tallest person doesn’t count, because there is always a tallest person…
I thought maybe units of measure, there are not really that many units named after people. Newton, Pascal, ampere etc… Turns out there are quite a few.
Next thought was atomic elements, there are 19 named after 20 people. That is fairly unique 20 people out of the ~110 billion to have ever lived, have an element named after them.
Being a complex oragism is pretty special, to think that so many potential civilizations have met Great Filters and not survived enough to grow past having a large body, let alone the challenge of climate change is telling of the unique phase we find ourselves in.
~~How about these two? (Tw: extreme body mods) https://news.bme.com/2013/03/06/adding-and-subtracting/~~
Ah, I remember finding it on stumbleupon like 20 years ago. I always thought it odd that there was no video or follow up story.
Hunted for a link at 1am last night and wasn’t really paying attention. Plus the whole thing grossed me out, so I didn’t look too closely.
Sorry for wasting everyone’s time.
… To which i fell victim. Thanks to the commenter before you for wasting time. And thanks to the world being weird enough to make me believe this without hesitation.
Me too^^
I was shouting to a friend sitting next to me “look at that shit! I can’t believe it! Why! Why would someone do this shit?! Its fucking nuts I mean lo… Oh nevermind…”
Ad hoc weapons (Vjatsjeslav Mikhajlovitsj Molotov)?
Having a species named after you, even if you’re a fictional character
Testudo Aubreii
Gary Larson has several species of animals named after him. He also named the spiked part of a stegosaurus tail in a comic (the thagomizer, “after the late Thag Simmons”) and had that name adopted as the official name by paleontologists.
I loved that story; in my imagination paleontologist 1 (P1) sees the cartoon and wonders what the official name is. Gets to work and asks old and wise paleontologist 2 (P2) what the official name is.
P2: I don’t know. I’ll have to ask my venerable colleague (P3) about it next time we are together.
P1: ok cool, I’ll just use “Thagomizer” until we find out the official name.
P2: seems reasonable.
a few months pass…
P2: hey P3 what is the official name of the Thagomizer?
P3: um, I have no idea. I should know, I’m a steggy expert, how about we just keep it as Thagomizer!
Born under a bad sign? This guy is the only officially recognized person to have survived two nuclear bomb detonations.
https://www.damninteresting.com/eyewitnesses-to-hiroshima-and-nagasaki/
