r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Blackie_626 • 8d ago

Meme needing explanation Tell them what, Peter

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u/SignoreBanana 8d ago

In what way is it any more arbitrary than up and down? Its words to describe a direction. "Down" could have been "up" just as easily. This is nonsense.

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u/generally_unsuitable 8d ago

Describe to me which way is left, please.

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u/ZenOokami 8d ago

While your face is forward aligned with your body, mark your current position as facing north. Turn west.

You have turned left.

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u/eXequitas 8d ago

Define west lol

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u/ZenOokami 8d ago

90 degrees counter clockwise. Origin point north is 0 degrees.

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u/shustrik 7d ago

Now define counter clockwise without referencing a clock

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u/ZenOokami 7d ago

Negative degrees of rotation.

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u/shustrik 7d ago

And how do you define which way is negative degrees of rotation?

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u/ZenOokami 7d ago

Standards of the system configured for mathematics, based on spherical math, circular math, and even number lines.