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[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 157 points 1 year ago

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

[-] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 111 points 1 year ago

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

[-] lazyslacker@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 year ago

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

[-] hansl@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

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

[-] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 9 points 1 year ago

Or if the "present" actually exists

[-] Fanfic_Galore@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago
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[-] jaamesbaxterr@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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

[-] NightmareQueenJune@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year 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@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

time dilation ftw!

[-] Damage@feddit.it 5 points 1 year ago

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

[-] MBM@lemmings.world 4 points 1 year ago

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

[-] psud@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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 18 points 1 year ago

Depends how fast is going backwards

[-] shrugal@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

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

[-] WhiteTiger@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

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

[-] perviouslyiner@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah a broken LED clock isn't often right!

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

This only works with 1-dimensional time though.

[-] catastrophicblues@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago
[-] TheOtterITGuy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] skwerls@waveform.social 7 points 1 year ago

I really wanna know how that clock works

[-] psud@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Luckily we don't build clocks for n-dimensional time

[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

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

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

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

this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2023
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