UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoHow come we say counterclockwise and not earthwise?message-squaremessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down136
arrow-up1-27arrow-down1message-squareHow come we say counterclockwise and not earthwise?UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squareUrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year 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-up1·1 year 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-down2·1 year 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