“Precluded” means “prevented” or to “make impossible” ❤️
Comment on Clock logic
Admetus@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
I get the joke, but the sundials of ancient civilisations precluded clocks.
naught@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Admetus@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
Oh hot damn, first time I used that word.
Maybe presaged?
Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Predated
naught@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Preceded maybe? Precluded sounds like it should mean something similar for sure tho
Admetus@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
Ah yes, I knew I was messing two words up and forgot preceded! 👍
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It’s all the Babylonians fault
sundray@lemmus.org 7 months ago
Those fuckers could count to 60 on their fingers. Witchcraft!
Nikls94@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Using binary, we could count to 1023 with 10 fingers but only 511 with 9 fingers
CannonFodder@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Boys could count to 2047.
hakase@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
precluded
exothermic@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Well… This post sent me down a rabbit hole -> Unequal Hours if anyone else is curious.
over_clox@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Sundials also didn’t work very well at midnight for some reason, what’s ya point?
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
You’re just not holding the flashlight properly.
If you hold the flashlight right they work 100% of the time.
over_clox@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Instructions unclear, I think my fleshlight is broken…
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Dial it back a bit son
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 7 months ago
That’s when we bring out the moondial.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The firedial works every night.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That’s why for a long time, and even longer in the Royal Navy, the new day started at noon and not midnight.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Noon is the center of the dial. Midnight is just the opposite of noon.
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
I cannot tell if this is sarcasm or not. This is peak Poe’s Law.