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21 Jan 2024, 8:45 pm

I wonder if there can be better alternative name to Wrong Planet, such as changing it to different to Different Planet.

I told my dad about Wrong Planet website and community and he said that he didn't like that name because it implies that there is something very wrong with us when it's not true. I hope you know what I mean. My dad said it should be called Different Planet instead.



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21 Jan 2024, 8:51 pm

There's nothing wrong with US.
The planet is wrong because it belongs to NTs.
They made it wrong.


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21 Jan 2024, 9:13 pm

IsabellaLinton wrote:
There's nothing wrong with US.
The planet is wrong because it belongs to NTs.
They made it wrong.


That is what it means. I didn't know, I am sorry!



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21 Jan 2024, 9:34 pm

I like the name, WrongPlanet. I've known this place as WrongPlanet for 20 years.


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21 Jan 2024, 9:47 pm

I want to know more when it means, it's interesting.



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21 Jan 2024, 10:24 pm

But I do feel like I'm on the wrong planet. And the planet gets more wrong every day, and because of it we might not have a planet left very soon.



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21 Jan 2024, 10:51 pm

lostonearth35 wrote:
But I do feel like I'm on the wrong planet. And the planet gets more wrong every day, and because of it we might not have a planet left very soon.


It's depressing :cry:



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21 Jan 2024, 11:54 pm

I could be wrong, but I think the name comes from the fact that because our brains are wired differently from NTs, it's like we're from a different culture or even a different planet. I know I definitely feel like I'm on the wrong planet, and I've had to spend my whole life trying to figure out these people's customs.



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22 Jan 2024, 12:06 am

TikvaBall wrote:
I could be wrong, but I think the name comes from the fact that because our brains are wired differently from NTs, it's like we're from a different culture or even a different planet. I know I definitely feel like I'm on the wrong planet, and I've had to spend my whole life trying to figure out these people's customs.


That actually makes sense. I am sorry, I didn't really know. I sometimes feel like I am on a different planet too, so I am starting to understand a little bit.



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22 Jan 2024, 12:17 am

There is nothing wrong with the name "WrongPlanet".

"FnordWorld" might be a better choice, but that's just my opinion . . .

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22 Jan 2024, 12:29 am

:lol:


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22 Jan 2024, 1:15 am

I like the name wrong planet because it's exactly how I feel
I was simply born on the wrong planet



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22 Jan 2024, 1:30 am

FranzOren wrote:
I wonder if there can be better alternative name to Wrong Planet, such as changing it to different to Different Planet.

I told my dad about Wrong Planet website and community and he said that he didn't like that name because it implies that there is something very wrong with us when it's not true. I hope you know what I mean. My dad said it should be called Different Planet instead.

Can you ask him to explain the logic he used to arrive at that conclusion? It doesn't imply that at all so I'm wondering why he would think that.


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22 Jan 2024, 1:33 am

I don't think that will please the greys who are regular members on WP

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He's frowning in case you can't tell



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22 Jan 2024, 1:45 am

cyberdad wrote:
He's frowning in case you can't tell

I can tell


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22 Jan 2024, 6:04 am

I personally do not like the name because implies we are not human. Both in 2014 and 2019 I ran Wrong Planet polls about this and the sentiment was overwhelmingly to keep the name, that “Wrong Planet” resonated greatly with most members. I doubt this sentiment has changed but we will see.

It turned out most members did not think we are not human, they got the hidden meaning, I was being too literal on an autism forum(LOL).


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