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submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by vatlark@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

The world has a lot of different standards for a lot of things, but I have never heard of a place with the default screw thread direction being opposite.

So does each language have a fun mnemonic?

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[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 9 points 4 days ago

If japanese has one, I've never heard it. Japanese wife hasn't either. She was surprised it's a thing. She said maybe tradesmen might, but certainly nothing everyone knows

[-] vatlark@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

So when someone changes a light bulb, which direction to turn is just a feeling in their bones?

That's fair.

[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 5 points 4 days ago

Japanese usually just say 時計回り (clockwise) or counter-clockwise

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world -1 points 4 days ago
[-] Darohan@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 days ago
[-] Alabaster_Mango@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago

Probably a typo of "said maybe"

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Or a typo of "you're gonna be the one that saves me"

Though that's admittedly somewhat less likely.

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

~~Though admittedly~~ after all

[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 1 points 4 days ago

Yep. I'm getting worse at typing on my phone as I get older. Or my phone keyboard/screen protector sucks; one of the two

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world -1 points 4 days ago

Yes, very likely.

Just another instance where AI said fuck this, I ain't correcting that today.

[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 2 points 4 days ago

My dude, look at my post history. I actually noticed it and though "eh, I'll fix it later" since my wife had finished her coffee and we wanted to free up a table for the people waiting at the cafe.

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