Winner: Iran, Ostriches, Drugs
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Also: terrorism
And it was emus, not ostriches
Damn, to be honest I can't tell the difference, could have been cassowaries for all I know.
Also: Christmas
the 2nd would be confusing if not for the 3rd
I think I'm missing context on how big bird is related to crack. Care to explain?
what are things that western civilizations have warred against and lost?
it's emus though unless i missed a bird war
Soon enough we'll negotiate a settlement, with the old color and more algae.
The pool is a beautiful Epstein blue.
"Clockwise"
what the fuck
Yeah that seems to be how Wikipedia does things. It tripped me up earlier today on a different page. Bizarre. Just go left to right, top to bottom. Reading order.
I believe this is because many languages will interpret that differently, and Wikipedia having contributors from around the world writing in different languages, decided that clockwise is a good universal instruction that is more difficult to mistranslate.
If the instructions were "left to right" and then "top to bottom", a bad translation might end up making it mean the top to bottom first and left go right last.
Reading order
In Arabic (and a few other languages too), things are read RTL, and plenty of Asian languages, at least traditionally, are read top to bottom first.
Doing it clockwise is seen as a more universal instruction I guess? And I don't think it's too hard to figure out. I might also be to make the instruction more concise!
Wikipedia has entirely different versions in different languages. This page is on the English Wikipedia.
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having something consistent can reduce confusion among contributors, particularly for those who are translating pages between languages and
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there are other reasons too, like making the instruction more concise
Clockwise order isn't the same as reading order. The correct order is:
- The top left image (because it says "from top left")
- The top right image
- The bottom right image
- The bottom left corner
It helps if you imagine a circle around the images with arrows pointing in clockwise direction, like this:
(EDIT: I made a correction to the drawing. I put the wrong order in the original drawing.)
They could have just put the images in reading order though, especially when there are only 4 of them. It would be way less confusing :/
Clockwise order isn’t the same as reading order
Yes, I know. That's what my comment is criticising.
Oh, sorry, I thought you were talking about in which order you're supposed to "read" the pictures. I only understood it now.
"Clockwise" is universally known by all cultures, reading order varies.
So when translating to a different language, you can't just say reading order, you have to change the article instead of just translating
That's how Wikipedia works. Each language is an entirely separate article, maintained by entirely separate people. Not a simple translation of English Wikipedia.
Also known as the Strait of Warm Ooze.
Have we tried bombing it?
I cant wait for when time as a concept gets condemned for killing our dumbfuck president.
Al'Gae
ICE needs to get in there and arrest that algae, none of it has proper paperwork and they're making ol shitpants look bad.
I'm team algea. I'm winning Dad.
Algea must have joined forces with antifa
Algaefa
They probably vote Green Party
I thought that said "Dean Caine"
I really hope this is a real article but can't find it 😭