• @psycho_driver
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    136 months ago

    Not sure if true or clickbait, but if true it means we’ll eventually lose clockwise and counter-clockwise as descriptive references.

    • @[email protected]
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      206 months ago

      Or the phrases stick around and people in the future just wonder what a clock has to do with rotation.

      • @[email protected]
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        116 months ago

        Yep. Like uppercase and lowercase letters. Cause back when type was metal the uppercase letters were in the upper case. And the lowercase letters were in the lower drawers.

    • @Apeman42
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      46 months ago

      Turnwise and widdershins

      • @humorlessrepost
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        6 months ago

        Which today just reminds you that left handed women have lower standards for casual sex. Nobody remembers its origins in manual tool usage.