• Zron@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    What the fuck are you talking about.

    You’re either rotating the fastener to the right or the left.

    It doesn’t matter what side you’re talking about, because you’re not moving one side of the fastener, you’re rotating the whole thing one direction or the other.

    Clockwise just means something is rotating to the right.

    If I ask you to turn around to the right, are you going to ask me what side of you I’m referencing?

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      1 month ago

      Here is clockwise. One arrow is going to the right and one to the left.

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        1 month ago

        The whole thing is rotating to the right, that’s what clockwise means. Clocks rotate to the right. One arrow is not pointing left, it’s pointing in the direction of rotation, which is to the right.

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          1 month ago

          You think this arrow is pointing to the right, when it is clearly pointing up and to the left? Fascinating.

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            1 month ago

            If you follow that arrow around to the next with your hand, which direction is your hand moving?

            That is indicating clockwise rotation, or a rotation to the right. We’re talking about circles here

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      1 month ago

      If I ask you to turn around to the right, are you going to ask me what side of you I’m referencing?

      No, because humans have a pretty clear forward direction. Screws don’t. You say turn a screw to the right, do you mean make the top of the screw move right or the bottom move right?

      Most people assume the top, but not all, and the language is ambiguous.