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Does each language have "lefty loosey righty tighty"? (lemmy.world)

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The world has a lot of different standards for a lot of things, but I have never heard of a place with the default screw thread direction being opposite.

So does each language have a fun mnemonic?

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[-] superkret@feddit.org 38 points 1 month ago

Solang das Deutsche Reich besteht, wird die Schraube rechts gedreht.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That's a lot of extra words for lefty loosey, righty tighty.

[-] manucode@infosec.pub 14 points 1 month ago

And how are we supposed to turn screws nowadays?

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

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[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Don't you dare give them ideas

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Automated water vendor

[-] manucode@infosec.pub 5 points 1 month ago

Wenn das der Kaiser wüsste!

[-] friendlymessage@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago

I guess we're screwed

this post was submitted on 13 Oct 2024

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