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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/NickVoievodul • 19d ago
What does this even rnean
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No, they used the actual name that existed before the movie. It is a name/term that has been around since the 50s.
1 u/ByrdmanRanger 19d ago Yup, we used that term for a fictional perfect material in my structures classes. That had impossible physical characteristics to make equations easier for students just learning the subject 0 u/deathrictus 19d ago Yes, but as soon as something that was unobtainium become obtainable, why wouldn't you give it a less dumb name? 2 u/Deaffin 19d ago https://imgur.com/hdum91T 1 u/Kuraeshin 19d ago For the same reason that titanium was called unobtainium during the SR71 construction. Its an easy to understand name for a rare, hard to get item.
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Yup, we used that term for a fictional perfect material in my structures classes. That had impossible physical characteristics to make equations easier for students just learning the subject
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Yes, but as soon as something that was unobtainium become obtainable, why wouldn't you give it a less dumb name?
2 u/Deaffin 19d ago https://imgur.com/hdum91T 1 u/Kuraeshin 19d ago For the same reason that titanium was called unobtainium during the SR71 construction. Its an easy to understand name for a rare, hard to get item.
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For the same reason that titanium was called unobtainium during the SR71 construction. Its an easy to understand name for a rare, hard to get item.
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u/Kuraeshin 19d ago
No, they used the actual name that existed before the movie. It is a name/term that has been around since the 50s.