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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (18 children)

this would also be society if counterclockwise and clockwise were swapped. it’s the universal way to talk about 2d rotations but pretty much nothing (except a clock) ends up turning clockwise. it didn’t have to be this way

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (13 children)

Ummm.... Have you ever used a screw? Bottle cap? "Right tighty, lefty loosey"? A car wheel when going forward? Literally 99% of things tighten clockwise.

You're the person people have to say "no, your other left" a lot to, aren't ya?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Just wanna say, a car tire moves a different direction based on your perspective.

If you're looking at the driver side of the car, the tires move counterclockwise, whereas if you're looking at the other side, the tires appear to rotate the other way.

Perspective changes a lot of things, it's pretty cool.

edit: Driver side in my case is (when viewed from the back) the left side

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

I thought you messed up the sides but then realised driver side is not the same on every country

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

oh I also forgot that lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Fair point. Car wheels are a bit of a bad example. Probably shouldn't have included them, but I'll at least argue that means that 50% of wheels are clockwise and 50% are counter, so it negates itself.

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