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lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

What is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?

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What is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?

lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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    A broken clock is right twice a day, but a clock running backwards is right four times a day.

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      A broken clock is right twice a day, but a running clock is probably never right.

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        At this point you get into a philosophical discussion about what “right” really means

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          Two wrong don’t make a right, but three left turns do.

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          Or if the “present” actually exists

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            🎵 Time is an illusion that helps things make sense, so we’re always living in the present tense… 🎶

            • PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksB
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              Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/uuFHRgwTv10

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                Good bot

            • jaamesbaxterr@lemmy.world
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              Man, that song hits me right in the feels. Every time.

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          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.

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        time dilation ftw!

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        A broken clock may occasionally be right but it’s regularly useless

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        If you’re lucky, a clock that’s slightly too fast or too slow will be right once

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      Depends how fast is going backwards

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        Also depends how the other clock is broken, if we’re this picky about it.

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          That’s why the correct term is ‘a stopped clock’ not a broken one.

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          Yeah a broken LED clock isn’t often right!

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      This only works with 1-dimensional time though.

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        As opposed to what?

        • TheOtterITGuy@lemmy.world
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          2 dimensional time?

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            I really wanna know how that clock works

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      A clock running backwards turns left and is therefor never right.

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