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lemonadebunny 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 to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 years ago
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  • @ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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    154•2 years ago

    A broken clock is right twice a day, but a clock running backwards is right four times a day.

    • @TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub
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      105•2 years ago

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

      • lazyslacker
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        38•2 years ago

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

        • @hansl@lemmy.ml
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          16•2 years ago

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

        • AlexisFR
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          8•2 years ago

          Or if the “present” actually exists

          • Fanfic Galore
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            11•2 years ago

            🎵 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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              12•2 years ago

              Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/uuFHRgwTv10

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              • @jandar_fett@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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                3•2 years ago

                Good bot

            • @jaamesbaxterr@lemmy.world
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              1•2 years ago

              Man, that song hits me right in the feels. Every time.

        • @NightmareQueenJune@lemmy.world
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          3•2 years ago

          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.

      • qprimed
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        5•2 years ago

        time dilation ftw!

      • @Damage@feddit.it
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        5•2 years ago

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

      • @MBM@lemmings.world
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        4•2 years ago

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

      • @psud@lemmy.world
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        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

    • @yousirname@lemmy.world
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      18•2 years ago

      Depends how fast is going backwards

      • @shrugal@lemmy.world
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        9•2 years ago

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

        • @WhiteTiger@sh.itjust.works
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          4•2 years ago

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

        • @perviouslyiner@lemm.ee
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          2•2 years ago

          Yeah a broken LED clock isn’t often right!

    • @intensely_human@lemm.ee
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      5•2 years ago

      This only works with 1-dimensional time though.

      • @catastrophicblues@lemmy.ca
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        5•2 years ago

        As opposed to what?

        • @TheOtterITGuy@lemmy.world
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          3•2 years ago

          2 dimensional time?

          • @skwerls@waveform.social
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            7•2 years ago

            I really wanna know how that clock works

      • @psud@lemmy.world
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        Luckily we don’t build clocks for n-dimensional time

    • @abbadon420@lemm.ee
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      1•2 years ago

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

      • @ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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        1•2 years ago

        It’s right the 4 times the hands overlap at 12 and 6.

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