lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?message-squaremessage-square600fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square600fedilink
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoA broken clock is right twice a day, but a clock running backwards is right four times a day.
minus-squareTheButtonJustSpins@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoA broken clock is right twice a day, but a running clock is probably never right.
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoMy grandfather clock is correct* about once a week when I wind and correct it *It must be correct as it’s very slightly fast (less so than can be fixed with a quarter turn off the pendulum screw) and I set it slightly in the past
minus-squarelazyslacker@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoAt this point you get into a philosophical discussion about what “right” really means
minus-squarehansl@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoTwo wrong don’t make a right, but three left turns do.
minus-squareNightmareQueenJune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoI’m really picky when it comes to clocks. They need to be ±1 minute. If they aren’t it really starts to bother me.
minus-squareAlexisFR@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 years agoOr if the “present” actually exists
minus-squareFanfic Galore@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years ago🎵 Time is an illusion that helps things make sense, so we’re always living in the present tense… 🎶
minus-squarejaamesbaxterr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoMan, that song hits me right in the feels. Every time.
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minus-squareMBM@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoIf you’re lucky, a clock that’s slightly too fast or too slow will be right once
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoA broken clock may occasionally be right but it’s regularly useless
minus-squareyousirname@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoDepends how fast is going backwards
minus-squareshrugal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoAlso depends how the other clock is broken, if we’re this picky about it.
minus-squareperviouslyiner@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoYeah a broken LED clock isn’t often right!
minus-squareWhiteTiger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoThat’s why the correct term is ‘a stopped clock’ not a broken one.
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoLuckily we don’t build clocks for n-dimensional time
minus-squareskwerls@waveform.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoI really wanna know how that clock works
minus-squareabbadon420@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoA clock running backwards turns left and is therefor never right.
A broken clock is right twice a day, but a clock running backwards is right four times a day.
A broken clock is right twice a day, but a running clock is probably never right.
My grandfather clock is correct* about once a week when I wind and correct it
*It must be correct as it’s very slightly fast (less so than can be fixed with a quarter turn off the pendulum screw) and I set it slightly in the past
At this point you get into a philosophical discussion about what “right” really means
Two wrong don’t make a right, but three left turns do.
I’m really picky when it comes to clocks. They need to be ±1 minute. If they aren’t it really starts to bother me.
Or if the “present” actually exists
🎵 Time is an illusion that helps things make sense, so we’re always living in the present tense… 🎶
Man, that song hits me right in the feels. Every time.
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If you’re lucky, a clock that’s slightly too fast or too slow will be right once
A broken clock may occasionally be right but it’s regularly useless
time dilation ftw!
Depends how fast is going backwards
Also depends how the other clock is broken, if we’re this picky about it.
Yeah a broken LED clock isn’t often right!
That’s why the correct term is ‘a stopped clock’ not a broken one.
Removed by mod
Luckily we don’t build clocks for n-dimensional time
As opposed to what?
2 dimensional time?
I really wanna know how that clock works
A clock running backwards turns left and is therefor never right.