That’s why for a long time, and even longer in the Royal Navy, the new day started at noon and not midnight.
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over_clox@lemmy.world 13 hours agoSundials also didn’t work very well at midnight for some reason, what’s ya point?
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Sundials also didn’t work very well at midnight for some reason, what’s ya point?
Noon is the center of the dial. Midnight is just the opposite of noon.
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
I cannot tell if this is sarcasm or not. This is peak Poe’s Law.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 13 hours 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 13 hours ago
Instructions unclear, I think my fleshlight is broken…
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
Dial it back a bit son
HowAbt2day@futurology.today 9 hours ago
Back in, or back out? Please be clear or I’ll have to keep trying both ways. Over. And. Over. And. Over. Aaaannn…fffff.
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 5 hours ago
That’s when we bring out the moondial.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
The firedial works every night.