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This sentence is very funny to me: "Most people in the Northern Hemisphere hang their pictures on a wall." I guess OP did some research but perhaps wasn't exh
by badcppdev 3y ago
This sentence is very funny to me: "Most people in the Northern Hemisphere hang their pictures on a wall."
I guess OP did some research but perhaps wasn't exhaustive and didn't want to generalise to below the equator. People write funny and quirky things. I'm glad things like archive.org exist to save the quirkiness for future generations.
- JW_00000 3y agoOr maybe the author is not discarding the hypothesis that, in the southern hemisphere, frames tilt backward due to the Coriolis effect ;)
- askvictor 3y agoI've heard that at the equator, people put pictures on the ceiling; they're held there by centrifugal force.
- pif 3y agoIt is very well known that Down Under the roof is down and the floor is up. Thus, the pictures are not hung to the wall: they are anchored to it!
- mhb 3y agoJubal called out, "That house on the hilltop--can you see what color they've painted it?" Anne looked, then answered, "It's white on this side." Yes, in this case, it's quirky and possibly endearing. When people feel like they need to document trivial comments by writing "Edit: typo", less so.
- badcppdev 3y agoNice Heinlein reference. That particular concept stuck with me after reading SIASL
- Daub 3y agoOP kinda has a point though they did not phrase it effectively. From my experience, here in Asia we generally don't hang paintings/drawings/anything on walls. Most framed images are photos and these are more likely to be placed on shelves, tables suchlike.
- jychang 3y agoTIL Asia is in the southern hemisphere
- DropInIn 3y agoThere are many who place frames on top of mantles, piano or other objects....