For me it is the fact that our blood contains iron. I earlier used to believe the word stood for some ‘organic element’ since I couldn’t accept we had metal flowing through our supposed carbon-based bodies, till I realized that is where the taste and smell of blood comes from.

    • Carighan Maconar
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      281 year ago

      Wait until you find out that some places breach that line (in addition to it being wobbly to begin with) which is we have timezones greater than +12 or -12. I hate timezones. With a passion. Signed: a programmer.

    • @cheezpatrol
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      171 year ago

      Albeit arbitrary… if it’s globally recognized that each new day begins as the sun crests the international date line, and the sun indisputably rises from the East, why would it not make sense?

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        Because time and direction are different metrics? West is a metric that only means anything in relation to something else in a straight line. It’s a direction. West doesn’t stop being west if you go too far. It’s always west.