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minus-squareAdmetus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up109arrow-down3·2 days agoI get the joke, but the sundials of ancient civilisations precluded clocks.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up63arrow-down3·2 days agoSundials also didn’t work very well at midnight for some reason, what’s ya point?
minus-squarepanda_abyss@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up70arrow-down1·2 days 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-up18·2 days agoInstructions unclear, I think my fleshlight is broken…
minus-squareHowAbt2day@futurology.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days 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-up3·2 days agoThat’s when we bring out the moondial.
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThe firedial works every night.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days 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-up5·2 days 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-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoI cannot tell if this is sarcasm or not. This is peak Poe’s Law.
minus-squarenaught@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up31·2 days ago“Precluded” means “prevented” or to “make impossible” ❤️
minus-squareAdmetus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoOh hot damn, first time I used that word. Maybe presaged?
minus-squarenaught@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoPreceded maybe? Precluded sounds like it should mean something similar for sure tho
minus-squareAdmetus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 hours agoAh yes, I knew I was messing two words up and forgot preceded! 👍
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 days agoIt’s all the Babylonians fault
minus-squareSundray@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 days agoThose fuckers could count to 60 on their fingers. Witchcraft!
minus-squareNikls94@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 days agoUsing binary, we could count to 1023 with 10 fingers but only 511 with 9 fingers
minus-squareCannonFodder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoBoys could count to 2047.
minus-squareexothermic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoWell… This post sent me down a rabbit hole -> Unequal Hours if anyone else is curious.
minus-squarehakase@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-22 days agoYup, that’s why we still don’t have any clocks to this day.
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.
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.