lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?message-squaremessage-square655fedilinkarrow-up1639arrow-down117
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minus-squareTheButtonJustSpins@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up110arrow-down1·1 year agoA broken clock is right twice a day, but a running clock is probably never right.
minus-squarelazyslacker@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·1 year agoAt this point you get into a philosophical discussion about what “right” really means
minus-squarehansl@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 year agoTwo wrong don’t make a right, but three left turns do.
minus-squareAlexisFR@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoOr if the “present” actually exists
minus-squareFanfic Galore@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year ago🎵 Time is an illusion that helps things make sense, so we’re always living in the present tense… 🎶
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minus-squarejaamesbaxterr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMan, that song hits me right in the feels. Every time.
minus-squareNightmareQueenJune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year 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-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoA broken clock may occasionally be right but it’s regularly useless
minus-squareMBM@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoIf you’re lucky, a clock that’s slightly too fast or too slow will be right once
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-211 months 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
A broken clock is right twice a day, but a running clock is probably never right.
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.
Or if the “present” actually exists
🎵 Time is an illusion that helps things make sense, so we’re always living in the present tense… 🎶
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/uuFHRgwTv10
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
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Man, that song hits me right in the feels. Every time.
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.
A broken clock may occasionally be right but it’s regularly useless
time dilation ftw!
If you’re lucky, a clock that’s slightly too fast or too slow will be right once
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