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Important clarification: North and South on a compass could switch places. We won't all suddenly go flying off into space. -- nm

Posted by enubba (aka nubby) Oct 20 '14, 13:43

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what if north south switched with east west? would we all drive in a circle then? -- nm - Remlik Oct 20, 13:48 3
- Yep. And everyone's skin would turn green. -- nm - enubba Oct 20, 13:49 1
  - wow! -- nm - Remlik Oct 20, 13:51
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also important to note: magnetic north is constantly shifting around anyway. -- nm - Reagen Oct 20, 13:47 3
- And then it's only our Directionalist Privilege calling it "North" in the first place! -- nm - Reagen Oct 20, 13:50 2
  - I do *not* want to live in this world! -- (link) - Focused, Non-Terminal Repeating Phantasm Oct 20, 13:51 [Image]
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Will that affect tech in any way? GPS, navigation systems, etc? - Focused, Non-Terminal Repeating Phantasm Oct 20, 13:45 13
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  - kind of like global warming? - znufrii Oct 20, 13:54
  - Sure, but we have a bad track record of planning ahead for things we know are going to be issues down the line. :-) - Focused, Non-Terminal Repeating Phantasm Oct 20, 13:49
- Y2K is a good analogy. If we're ready for it, the impact will be minimal. And we'll see it coming in time. -- nm - enubba Oct 20, 13:47 9
  - ::watches planes run into eachother:: -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 20, 13:52 4
    - I can't wait for Kirk Cameron to make a movie out of this! -- nm - Remlik Oct 20, 13:55 3
      - "Blame the gays for it! Banana!" -- nm - Focused, Non-Terminal Repeating Phantasm Oct 20, 13:56 2
        
        Uh... you heard about bananas going away, right? -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 20, 13:57 1
        
        Just the Cavendish. Plenty of other types that could be grown. -- nm - Focused, Non-Terminal Repeating Phantasm Oct 20, 13:59
  - Your mouth to God's ear. -- nm - Focused, Non-Terminal Repeating Phantasm Oct 20, 13:50 3
    - Worse case scenario, our navigation systems will be fucked up for a while. -- nm - enubba Oct 20, 13:52 2
      - That's great, it starts with an earthquake. - Spawn the Impaler Oct 20, 13:55
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The article is also a huge non-story. "We can't say that it can, but we can't say that it can't!" -- nm - enubba Oct 20, 13:44
You lie! - Spawn the Impaler Oct 20, 13:44 2
- Let's play a week of Fantasy Football to decide. (nm) - enubba Oct 20, 13:45 1
  - Houston gonna go. off. - Spawn the Impaler Oct 20, 13:49

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