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lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

What is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?

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What is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?

lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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  • TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub
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    A broken clock is right twice a day, but a running clock is probably never right.

    • lazyslacker@sh.itjust.works
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      At this point you get into a philosophical discussion about what “right” really means

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        2 years ago

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

      • AlexisFR@jlai.lu
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        Or if the “present” actually exists

        • Fanfic Galore@lemmy.world
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          🎵 Time is an illusion that helps things make sense, so we’re always living in the present tense… 🎶

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            Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/uuFHRgwTv10

            Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

            I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.

            • jandar_fett@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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              Good bot

          • jaamesbaxterr@lemmy.world
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            Man, that song hits me right in the feels. Every time.

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        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.

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

    • qprimed@lemmy.ml
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      time dilation ftw!

    • MBM@lemmings.world
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      If you’re lucky, a clock that’s slightly too fast or too slow will be right once

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      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

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