UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoHow come we say counterclockwise and not earthwise?message-squaremessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down135
arrow-up1-27arrow-down1message-squareHow come we say counterclockwise and not earthwise?UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 10 months agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squareUrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·10 months agoThe earth spins on a leftward direction on the same plane it orbits the sun. Is that so hard to grasp? More hard than to teach everyone that clocks HAVE to spin in one direction?
minus-square𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoWhatever. Just tell the people to rotate something Earth-wise while the rest of the world using a clock as reference.
minus-squareUrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·10 months agoI was going to do it without your permission anyway
The earth spins on a leftward direction on the same plane it orbits the sun. Is that so hard to grasp? More hard than to teach everyone that clocks HAVE to spin in one direction?
Whatever. Just tell the people to rotate something Earth-wise while the rest of the world using a clock as reference.
I was going to do it without your permission anyway