lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years agoWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?message-squaremessage-square257linkfedilinkarrow-up1341arrow-down17
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minus-squareTheButtonJustSpins@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55arrow-down1·3 years agoA broken clock is right twice a day, but a running clock is probably never right.
minus-squarelazyslacker@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 years agoAt this point you get into a philosophical discussion about what “right” really means
minus-squarehansl@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 years agoTwo wrong don’t make a right, but three left turns do.
minus-squareNightmareQueenJune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 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-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 years 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.
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.
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
time dilation ftw!