What year is it?ani.socialimage Toes♀ ( @Toes@ani.social ) Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 4 months ago message-square19fedilinkarrow-up1557
arrow-up1557imageWhat year is it?ani.social Toes♀ ( @Toes@ani.social ) Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 4 months ago message-square19fedilink
minus-square 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️ ( @Kolanaki@yiffit.net ) linkfedilinkEnglish16•4 months agoHow do we know they mean BC as in “Before Christ” and not BC as in “Before Cambrian?”
minus-square lolcatnip ( @lolcatnip@reddthat.com ) linkfedilinkEnglish18•4 months agoBecause they’re speaking modern English.
minus-square jivandabeast ( @jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev ) linkfedilinkEnglish5•4 months agoExcept that person is a time traveler, so they would be speaking modern English regardless
minus-square zaphod ( @zaphod@sopuli.xyz ) linkfedilinkEnglish4•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” 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.