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minus-squareAdmetus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up106arrow-down3·23 hours agoI get the joke, but the sundials of ancient civilisations precluded clocks.
minus-squarenaught@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up31·21 hours ago“Precluded” means “prevented” or to “make impossible” ❤️
minus-squareAdmetus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·60 minutes agoOh hot damn, first time I used that word. Maybe presaged?
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up61arrow-down3·23 hours agoSundials also didn’t work very well at midnight for some reason, what’s ya point?
minus-squarepanda_abyss@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up67arrow-down1·23 hours 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-up3·14 hours agoThat’s when we bring out the moondial.
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoThe firedial works every night.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·23 hours agoInstructions unclear, I think my fleshlight is broken…
minus-squareHowAbt2day@futurology.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 hours 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-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·22 hours 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-down1·21 hours agoI cannot tell if this is sarcasm or not. This is peak Poe’s Law.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·23 hours agoThat’s why for a long time, and even longer in the Royal Navy, the new day started at noon and not midnight.
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·23 hours agoIt’s all the Babylonians fault
minus-squareSundray@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·23 hours agoThose fuckers could count to 60 on their fingers. Witchcraft!
minus-squareNikls94@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·22 hours agoUsing binary, we could count to 1023 with 10 fingers but only 511 with 9 fingers
minus-squareCannonFodder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·18 hours agoBoys could count to 2047.
minus-squareexothermic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·19 hours agoWell… This post sent me down a rabbit hole -> Unequal Hours if anyone else is curious.
minus-squarehakase@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-222 hours 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.
“Precluded” means “prevented” or to “make impossible” ❤️
Oh hot damn, first time I used that word.
Maybe presaged?
Predated
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.
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>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.
That’s why for a long time, and even longer in the Royal Navy, the new day started at noon and not midnight.
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.