cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/48498006

Winner: Iran, Ostriches, Drugs

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?

Soon enough we'll negotiate a settlement, with the old color and more algae.

what are things that western civilizations have warred against and lost?

it's emus though unless i missed a bird war

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

Have we tried bombing it?

"Clockwise"

what the fuck

I really hope this is a real article but can't find it 😭

The pool is a beautiful Epstein blue.

I thought that said "Dean Caine"

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!

Also known as the Strait of Warm Ooze.

I'm team algea. I'm winning Dad.

Clockwise order isn't the same as reading order. The correct order is:

1. The top left image (because it says "from top left")
2. The top right image
3. The bottom right image
4. 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.

Wikipedia has entirely different versions in different languages. This page is on the English Wikipedia.

Algea must have joined forces with antifa

I cant wait for when time as a concept gets condemned for killing our dumbfuck president.

1. having something consistent can reduce confusion among contributors, particularly for those who are translating pages between languages and

2. there are other reasons too, like making the instruction more concise

It is indeed emus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War

"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

Oh, sorry, I thought you were talking about in which order you're supposed to "read" the pictures. I only understood it now.

That's how Wikipedia works. Each language is an entirely separate article, maintained by entirely separate people. Not a simple translation of English Wikipedia.

Algaefa

They probably vote Green Party