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Does each language have "lefty loosey righty tighty"? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The world has a lot of different standards for a lot of things, but I have never heard of a place with the default screw thread direction being opposite.

So does each language have a fun mnemonic?

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

The bottom arrow is, definitionally, pointing left.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If I start at the beginning of the arrow and follow it, it's moving left.

If clockwise was the same thing as right, we wouldn't use that term.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Wrist is going left.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Is the direction of rotation in the room with us right now?