Recent comments in /f/Showerthoughts
[deleted] OP t1_jefm9iv wrote
[removed]
awfullotofocelots t1_jefm20k wrote
Reply to comment by Fellowes321 in There really isn't any reason why north is always upward and south is always downward on maps. by GuinnessTheBestBoi
There is also a geographic reason. It's just not the sole reason. The Earth's poles and its rotation around its axis is the reason that pretty much everyone prefers a map with poles oriented vertically. If not for our rotation around our axis making the sun appear to move east west, we mightve preferred something different. From there we had it narrowed it down to two options (either south = up or north = up), and the one that stuck was the one that the people in power preferred at the time the convention became standardized.
Aaron-Jaeger t1_jeflzhx wrote
Reply to comment by MACHLoeCHER in Technically, every house is a homeless shelter by memerboi421
This
BaileyBrentwood t1_jeflw9b wrote
Reply to There's no such thing as a porn actor: they aren't acting like they are having sex, they ARE having sex by tanukinhowastaken
Oh I promise, we do a LOT of acting 😂 honestly, it feels like plenty of other small films that I’ve been on, and compare it to doing your own stunts. Yeah it’s real, but that doesn’t mean there’s no acting.
showMeYourPitties10 t1_jefl5cb wrote
Reply to There really isn't any reason why north is always upward and south is always downward on maps. by GuinnessTheBestBoi
What if flordia was seen as the cool top end instead of the drain pipe on the bottom end?
artrald-7083 t1_jefl3fw wrote
Actually, some of us are! Singing lessons include a study of how you breathe. A lot of us do it wrong.
[deleted] t1_jefl0gz wrote
[removed]
[deleted] t1_jefkxb1 wrote
EasyBOven t1_jefkvk7 wrote
Reply to comment by Otfd in Stories with humanized animals are cute. Stories with animalized humans are terrifying. by NoNo_Cilantro
This is your opinion that morality is subjective. Are you now saying that some morality is subjective?
showMeYourPitties10 t1_jefkthj wrote
Reply to comment by Vibinbee in There really isn't any reason why north is always upward and south is always downward on maps. by GuinnessTheBestBoi
River flow would be my guess. "Water runs down, put at bottom of map" I know plenty of rivers flow north, but that is usually the exception. Like, did you know the Nile flows north?!?!??
n8udd t1_jefkru4 wrote
Not even close. I own a home and sleep in it, so how am I homeless in this scenario?
[deleted] t1_jefkr4r wrote
Otfd t1_jefkosa wrote
Reply to comment by EasyBOven in Stories with humanized animals are cute. Stories with animalized humans are terrifying. by NoNo_Cilantro
That's your opinion. Those two things are extremely far from being similar in my mind, but if you think that in order to be okay with eating animals or "enslaving them" you have to be okay with that perspective toward humans.
Then I thank god you don't get to choose my perspective.
cantbenotrandom t1_jefkmig wrote
Reply to There really isn't any reason why north is always upward and south is always downward on maps. by GuinnessTheBestBoi
If you think about it, there's no reason to call north north and south south
Saltedpirate t1_jefkjdb wrote
I encourage you to watch the original Karate Kid. Mr Miyagi is a breathing profit.
[deleted] OP t1_jefkj9m wrote
[removed]
[deleted] t1_jefkhwp wrote
Mohammed_Chang t1_jefkfwy wrote
Reply to There really isn't any reason why north is always upward and south is always downward on maps. by GuinnessTheBestBoi
North is on top because early navigation was made with stars. The brightest star is northern from Mediterranean Sea. Also compass was explored at some point which shows in northern direction. In Christian times Maps were often facing East.
buchoops37 t1_jefk7vw wrote
Reply to There really isn't any reason why north is always upward and south is always downward on maps. by GuinnessTheBestBoi
Yep. That's almost everything in human history... wait til OP learns that languages were made up too
riphitter t1_jefk6se wrote
Reply to There's no such thing as a porn actor: they aren't acting like they are having sex, they ARE having sex by tanukinhowastaken
It's true. Johnny sins really is a plumber, pizza delivery guy, a step bro, a doctor, a racecar driver and astronaut. What a career
[deleted] t1_jefjy81 wrote
mackelnuts t1_jefjy3t wrote
Reply to comment by ryancementhead in There really isn't any reason why north is always upward and south is always downward on maps. by GuinnessTheBestBoi
Def Australia. They love that shit.
anon_lurk t1_jefjxlr wrote
Not exactly a drug, but in America a lot of people eat food for endorphin release. Most people don’t even really know what real hunger feels like in this country. They are eating for chemical release just like drugs.
amandack t1_jefmemp wrote
Reply to comment by KingHeroical in There really isn't any reason why north is always upward and south is always downward on maps. by GuinnessTheBestBoi
The north star is only applicable in the northern hemisphere. The Southern cross is what is used in the southern hemisphere, and your argument would work with that. Orient your map to the southern cross, and south will be on the top of the map.