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Aerial photo of a drive-in theater in South Bend, Indiana, 1950s (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/historyporn@lemmy.world

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A planetarium.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thus astrology was born

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nine months later? I suppose that would be an okay name under the circumstances.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I mean, human gestation is 10 months, but yeah pretty much.

We say "9 months" because it usually takes about a month before a pregnant person can test positive.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes, because "pregnancy" has traditionally been dated from the FIRST day of the last menstrual period.

(I'd like to know more about why that tradition hasn't been updated to fit the facts, but I'm not saying you're wrong.)

Ovulation doesn't occur until 2 weeks later, then there has to be both fertilization and implantation, and as you say testing positive isn't going to happen for another 2-3 weeks, which of course is what turns a "6-week" abortion ban into a 1-week ban.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

I used to be something of a zygote myself