How come we say counterclockwise and not earthwise?

@UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works · 2Y

How come we say counterclockwise and not earthwise?

pruwyben · 2Y

It probably would actually. Imagine if Big Ben was a transparent circle with clock hands at the top.

@UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works · 2Y

Well yeah, but I was trying to get across that we have established rules for how we view the world and it’s pretty set in stone that the earth turns in a leftward direction just as much as a clock turns in a rightward one.