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minus-squareAdmetus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down3·1 month agoI get the joke, but the sundials of ancient civilisations precluded clocks.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up64arrow-down3·1 month agoSundials also didn’t work very well at midnight for some reason, what’s ya point?
minus-squarepanda_abyss@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up70arrow-down1·1 month agoYou’re just not holding the flashlight properly. If you hold the flashlight right they work 100% of the time.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 month agoInstructions unclear, I think my fleshlight is broken…
minus-squareHowAbt2day@futurology.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month 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-squareRicky Rigatoni@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoThat’s when we bring out the moondial.
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThe firedial works every night.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month 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-up5·1 month 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-up7arrow-down1·1 month agoI cannot tell if this is sarcasm or not. This is peak Poe’s Law.
minus-squarenaught@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up34·1 month ago“Precluded” means “prevented” or to “make impossible” ❤️
minus-squareAdmetus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoOh hot damn, first time I used that word. Maybe presaged?
minus-squarenaught@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoPreceded maybe? Precluded sounds like it should mean something similar for sure tho
minus-squareAdmetus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoAh yes, I knew I was messing two words up and forgot preceded! 👍
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 month agoIt’s all the Babylonians fault
minus-squareSundray@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agoThose fuckers could count to 60 on their fingers. Witchcraft!
minus-squareNikls94@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 month agoUsing binary, we could count to 1023 with 10 fingers but only 511 with 9 fingers
minus-squareCannonFodder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoBoys could count to 2047.
minus-squarehakase@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-21 month agoYup, that’s why we still don’t have any clocks to this day.
minus-squareexothermic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoWell… This post sent me down a rabbit hole -> Unequal Hours if anyone else is curious.
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?
You’re just not holding the flashlight properly.
If you hold the flashlight right they work 100% of the time.
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>That’s when we bring out the moondial.
The firedial works every night.
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.
“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! 👍
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.
Yup, that’s why we still don’t have any clocks to this day.
Well… This post sent me down a rabbit hole -> Unequal Hours if anyone else is curious.