# What If The Earth Spun The Other Way

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-earth-spun-the-other-way/471844>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 8, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-earth-spun-the-other-way/471844 "2008-11-08T21:23:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-earth-spun-the-other-way/471844/41 "2008-11-10T17:27:44Z")

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> [@Musicat](#):
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> According to that logic, my clock’s hands could never move, because if I view it from behind, the hands move counter-clockwise.

No, that logic is, well, logical. It would be more accurate to say that according to _his_ logic, marshmallow spin linguini blue.

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**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-earth-spun-the-other-way/471844/42 "2008-11-10T17:56:20Z")

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> [@Q.E.D](#):
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> Did he mention why satellite images have consistently failed to record this?

Look Man! Keep your high falootin" (did I spell that right?) theories to yourself. We don’t need non of you wacky ass rocket scientists tring to 'splain everything.

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**Author:** ![tygerbryght](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@tygerbryght](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygerbryght)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-earth-spun-the-other-way/471844/43 "2008-11-11T04:18:13Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> No thread on this topic would be complete without a little light entertainment in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=140878) form.

Wow, I missed that one first time around. I still can’t believe it, and I read the entire thread. I revised the link, just in case somebody missed the earlier fix, and didn’t already look at the thread. I have to wonder how he copes with life - if he does. I also can’t help but wonder how he managed to get \>300 posts up before earning (in spades) a ban.

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