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minus-squareAdmetus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down3·1 year agoI get the joke, but the sundials of ancient civilisations precluded clocks.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up64arrow-down3·1 year agoSundials also didn’t work very well at midnight for some reason, what’s ya point?
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up70arrow-down1·1 year 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 year agoInstructions unclear, I think my fleshlight is broken…
minus-squareHowAbt2day@futurology.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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 year agoThat’s when we bring out the moondial.
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThe firedial works every night.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year 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 year 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 year agoI cannot tell if this is sarcasm or not. This is peak Poe’s Law.
minus-squarenaught@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up34·1 year ago“Precluded” means “prevented” or to “make impossible” ❤️
minus-squareAdmetus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoOh hot damn, first time I used that word. Maybe presaged?
minus-squarenaught@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoPreceded maybe? Precluded sounds like it should mean something similar for sure tho
minus-squareAdmetus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAh yes, I knew I was messing two words up and forgot preceded! 👍
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 year agoIt’s all the Babylonians fault
minus-squareSundray@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 year agoThose fuckers could count to 60 on their fingers. Witchcraft!
minus-squareNikls94@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoUsing binary, we could count to 1023 with 10 fingers but only 511 with 9 fingers
minus-squareCannonFodder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoBoys could count to 2047.
minus-squarehakase@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-21 year agoYup, that’s why we still don’t have any clocks to this day.
minus-squareexothermic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year 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.