Toes♀ to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 4 months agoWhat year is it?ani.socialimagemessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up11.16Karrow-down112
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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️linkfedilinkEnglish31•4 months agoHow do we know they mean BC as in “Before Christ” and not BC as in “Before Cambrian?”
minus-square@lolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish31•4 months agoBecause they’re speaking modern English.
minus-square@jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.devlinkfedilinkEnglish7•4 months agoExcept that person is a time traveler, so they would be speaking modern English regardless
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️linkfedilinkEnglish6•4 months agoBefore he was famous or before he was infamous? 🤔
minus-square@zaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-24 months ago“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.