UrPartnerInCrime to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoHow come we say counterclockwise and not earthwise?message-squaremessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down136
arrow-up1-26arrow-down1message-squareHow come we say counterclockwise and not earthwise?UrPartnerInCrime to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squareB0rax@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down2·1 year agoBecause who the hell knows by heart which way the earth turns
minus-squareCeruleanRuin@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoI mean, anyone who hikes often or likes astronomy. It’s kind of important for navigation and orientation to know where the sun will rise and set. Are you telling me you don’t ever imagine yourself on a huge ball spinning towards the sun in the morning?
minus-squareUrPartnerInCrimeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI’m glad someone else at least understands how incredulous I am.
minus-squareUrPartnerInCrimeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down13·1 year agoI mean it only took me like 3 weeks of hard studying to remember it so it wasn’t that bad
minus-squareSonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoWhy would I need to appease some rando who hates standard analog clocks and do like 3 weeks of hard studying just to dissociate rotation vectors from time measuring tools?
minus-squareUrPartnerInCrimeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down7·1 year agoGood job. You sure showed that rando who’s boss.
minus-squareUrPartnerInCrimeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·1 year agoTry getting a sense of humor
Because who the hell knows by heart which way the earth turns
I mean, anyone who hikes often or likes astronomy. It’s kind of important for navigation and orientation to know where the sun will rise and set.
Are you telling me you don’t ever imagine yourself on a huge ball spinning towards the sun in the morning?
I’m glad someone else at least understands how incredulous I am.
I mean it only took me like 3 weeks of hard studying to remember it so it wasn’t that bad
Why would I need to appease some rando who hates standard analog clocks and do like 3 weeks of hard studying just to dissociate rotation vectors from time measuring tools?
Good job. You sure showed that rando who’s boss.
Try wearing a watch
Try getting a sense of humor