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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Not sure if true or clickbait, but if true it means we'll eventually lose clockwise and counter-clockwise as descriptive references.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Or the phrases stick around and people in the future just wonder what a clock has to do with rotation.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

Yep. Like uppercase and lowercase letters. Cause back when type was metal the uppercase letters were in the upper case. And the lowercase letters were in the lower drawers.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Likely this.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Bring back widdershins!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Turnwise and widdershins

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Ook?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Righty tighty lefty loosey

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Which today just reminds you that left handed women have lower standards for casual sex. Nobody remembers its origins in manual tool usage.