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How come we say counterclockwise and not earthwise?
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this post was submitted on 22 Sep 2023
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So we agree clocks have to spin one way because that's how its is but we can't agree the earth spins one way because people are dumb? The earth spins in a leftwards direction as its spins around our star. That's facts.
If you just want to call people dumb you are allowed to do that.
No, we agree you have difficulty reading an analog clock.
Yes, because I said clockwise was the wrong one.
When viewed from which direction?
From the same direction we're making our clocks from