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For some reason, this kind of news always makes me sad. Like emotionally.

Probably because of this https://xkcd.com/695/

NASA has done an effective job at connecting with regular people. Goes to show, how even something as small as naming something differently makes a big shift in the mindset.

I sometimes personify things too--impossible to throw away old stuffed animals. I just tell myself these objects fulfilled their purpose, and that makes them happy.

I've always preferred this alternative rewrite: https://imgs.xkcd.com/blag/spirit_rewrite_unknown_author.png

Thank you, that's much more aligned with the spirit of a rover that I imagine

That xkcd gets me every time.

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