Comment on How did people refer to clockwise movement before the invention of the clock?

Jay@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• RandomlyAssigned@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Ah yes, turdwise and widdershits as it was known in the olden days, before the invention of sundials

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• erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The first mechanical clocks were invented around 1300. The first flushing toilet was 1775.

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  • all-knight-party@kbin.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    "we don't have clocks, how do we describe right ways or leftways rotation?"

    "Well, the tires on my Dodge Ram 3500 rotate to the right when I drive it forward, so we'll call it ramforward and rambackwards"

    "Brilliant"

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• Klear@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yup. That’s definitely “down”.

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