• root_beer@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    I’ve always countered the “broken clock” comments with “24-hour movement with perpetual calendar” but I get shoved in a locker when I do it

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      1 year ago

      There was this one time when God stopped the sun for a whole day. >!How does the sun stop for a day when a day is defined by its movement?!<

      Source: the Bible (so it must be true)

    • Orbituary@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Because it’s not where the colloquialism came from. It ignores the origins in deference to pedantry.