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minus-squareAdmetus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoI get the joke, but the sundials of ancient civilisations precluded clocks.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoSundials also didn’t work very well at midnight for some reason, what’s ya point?
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThat’s why for a long time, and even longer in the Royal Navy, the new day started at noon and not midnight.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months 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.
minus-squareiAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoI cannot tell if this is sarcasm or not. This is peak Poe’s Law.
minus-squarepanda_abyss@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoYou’re just not holding the flashlight properly. If you hold the flashlight right they work 100% of the time.
minus-squareRicky Rigatoni@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThat’s when we bring out the moondial.
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThe firedial works every night.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoInstructions unclear, I think my fleshlight is broken…
minus-squareHowAbt2day@futurology.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoBack in, or back out? Please be clear or I’ll have to keep trying both ways. Over. And. Over. And. Over. Aaaannn…fffff.
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIt’s all the Babylonians fault
minus-squareSundray@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThose fuckers could count to 60 on their fingers. Witchcraft!
minus-squareNikls94@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoUsing binary, we could count to 1023 with 10 fingers but only 511 with 9 fingers
minus-squareexothermic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoWell… This post sent me down a rabbit hole -> Unequal Hours if anyone else is curious.
minus-squarehakase@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoYup, that’s why we still don’t have any clocks to this day.
minus-squarenaught@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months ago“Precluded” means “prevented” or to “make impossible” ❤️
minus-squareAdmetus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoOh hot damn, first time I used that word. Maybe presaged?
minus-squarenaught@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoPreceded maybe? Precluded sounds like it should mean something similar for sure tho
minus-squareAdmetus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoAh yes, I knew I was messing two words up and forgot preceded! 👍
I get the joke, but the sundials of ancient civilisations precluded clocks.
Sundials also didn’t work very well at midnight for some reason, what’s ya point?
That’s why for a long time, and even longer in the Royal Navy, the new day started at noon and not midnight.
Noon is the center of the dial. Midnight is just the opposite of noon.
I cannot tell if this is sarcasm or not. This is peak Poe’s Law.
You’re just not holding the flashlight properly.
If you hold the flashlight right they work 100% of the time.
That’s when we bring out the moondial.
The firedial works every night.
Instructions unclear, I think my fleshlight is broken…
Dial it back a bit son
Back in, or back out? Please be clear or I’ll have to keep trying both ways. Over. And. Over. And. Over. Aaaannn…fffff.
<connection reset by peer>It’s all the Babylonians fault
Those fuckers could count to 60 on their fingers. Witchcraft!
Using binary, we could count to 1023 with 10 fingers but only 511 with 9 fingers
Boys could count to 2047.
Well… This post sent me down a rabbit hole -> Unequal Hours if anyone else is curious.
Yup, that’s why we still don’t have any clocks to this day.
“Precluded” means “prevented” or to “make impossible” ❤️
Oh hot damn, first time I used that word.
Maybe presaged?
Predated
Preceded maybe? Precluded sounds like it should mean something similar for sure tho
Ah yes, I knew I was messing two words up and forgot preceded! 👍