Toes♀@ani.social to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 months agoWhat year is it?ani.socialimagemessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageWhat year is it?ani.socialToes♀@ani.social to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoHow do we know they mean BC as in “Before Christ” and not BC as in “Before Cambrian?”
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoBefore he was famous or before he was infamous? 🤔
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoBecause they’re speaking modern English.
minus-squarejivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoExcept that person is a time traveler, so they would be speaking modern English regardless
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 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?”
Before Cosby
Before he was famous or before he was infamous? 🤔
Lol
Jelly
Because they’re speaking modern English.
Except that person is a time traveler, so they would be speaking modern English regardless
“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.