Yes. Maps always have up as north. So just hold a map in front of you, and forward direction is north. Easy.
Village people intensifies
Petshop Boys actually.
Which one is the cover? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1wc-AQJ2MYo
oh. I didn’t know that.
OK but no you know where the sun rises and sets if youre in a familiar place atleast
Do I look like the person who would get lost in a familiar place?
Actually, don’t answer that.
No. I keep trying to go but its always too far!
The brainrot is strong in that one.
I only started remembering which side west is (relative to north) when I started thinking of “the wild west” and then thinking of where the wild west was. Still can’t use it in the real world for anything though. At most if I’m at my own town I know approximately where north is, but anywhere else I’ll quickly lose the sense of which direction is which.
You’re not supposed to intrinsically have your sense of direction in an unfamiliar location. Some people can do that but assuming you’re not paying full attention on your way to a new location it’s actually normal and expected to have to get your bearings which means taking a moment to orient yourself and figure out what direction is what. And then it’s easy to forget (let’s say you step into a store) until you build a sense of landmarks. Also the more dense a location the harder it is because it’s more complex.
Where does your manifest destiny pull you? There you go
It pulls me into the fetal position for a good cry
It’s easy, the sun rises in the… oh wait no it sets in the… erm… so what time is it?
Noon 😏
It’s easy. When you imagine south as a north being on the top then west is on the east side from it.
Great. I’m laying in bed, and now I’m lost. Thanks.
All roads lead to East New Westersouth.
When you’re lost, walk downhill, or downstream, until you reach the sea, or a McDonalds.
If you reach an Arby’s, you’ve gone the wrong way, crawl back into the wilderness, it’s safer there.
Your phone is a compass
I don’t know why, but the phone compass is always so shit.
I think it depends on how you hold it.
That’s what I said
Go west. Life is peaceful there. Go west. Lots of open air.
What have the pop band from the 80s got to do with the direction? Is there some code in their lyrics that will point her the right way?
Looking North, West and East spell “we”.
Sorted.
Never Enter Stinky Washrooms
But you have to memorize if that’s CW or CCW. I’d forget.
It’s the saying i learned as a kid. I’d picture a compass and repeat the words.
Im think it was designed with a clock in mind. That’s why it starts with north at the 12:00 position and goes clockwise. I learned it as ‘Never Eat Soggy Waffles’ but I’m sure there are a bunch of these.
The Sun rises in the East and sets in the west.
With East on your right and west on your left you would be facing north.
You can tell which side of the equator you are on by the way water swirls. Northern Hemisphere water drains clockwise. If water draining has no spin then you’re on the equator.
Sometimes the moss on trees is enough of an indicator, as moss growing on only one side of a tree means no sunlight reaches it and the moss faces the direction opposite of the equator.
Join us next time for a lesson on Star Charts.
The water thing is a myth. Any body of water you can actively watch drain is influenced by the shape of the reservoir and direction the water is added to it.
Hmm
Looked it up and you might be right. But believing you at face value would also be the same fault that lead to to this myth’s spread.
To be fair I had to look it up too. Seems the Coriolis effect COULD impact a perfectly still container of water that was opened suddenly, but other forces are going to be significantly more impactful on a small body of water.
What about the videos recorded in Ecuador, where the same reservoir is drained on both sides of the equator and the water spins in different directions?
Edited to add the link since other users asked for it down in the replies: https://youtu.be/4IIVfoDuVIw
Edit2: check the replies below, the video is good at debunking this. But it’s not super easy to notice
You might have to provide that link if you want them to listen.
That’s a street performer ripping off some tourists.
😂
Idk why you’re being downvoted for this comment but it’s actually a really cool sleight of hand trick where the guy pouring the water gives it a small swirl in the direction they want the water to drain.
A lot of people may not like him but Mark Rober did a video about it: https://youtu.be/M7-h3FO-KKo?t=729
