Toes♀@ani.social to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 年前What year is it?ani.socialimagemessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up11.15Karrow-down112
arrow-up11.14Karrow-down1imageWhat year is it?ani.socialToes♀@ani.social to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 年前message-square48linkfedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down2·1 年前How do we know they mean BC as in “Before Christ” and not BC as in “Before Cambrian?”
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·1 年前Because they’re speaking modern English.
minus-squarejivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 年前Except that person is a time traveler, so they would be speaking modern English regardless
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 年前Before he was famous or before he was infamous? 🤔
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 年前“Before” implies something hasn’t happened yet, therefore if they know it’s before “something” they must be a time traveller from some after C, whatever the C might be.
How do we know they mean BC as in “Before Christ” and not BC as in “Before Cambrian?”
Because they’re speaking modern English.
Except that person is a time traveler, so they would be speaking modern English regardless
Before Cosby
Before he was famous or before he was infamous? 🤔
Lol
Jelly
“Before” implies something hasn’t happened yet, therefore if they know it’s before “something” they must be a time traveller from some after C, whatever the C might be.