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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It bothers me that FAR is near what’s usually the zero and NEAR is, well, far.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago

The graph is pretty shitty

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

So you feel like a 0? But seriously, there is no correct way for it. But in this case far on the left makes sense, as that is the reading direction of most, so the joke "lands better".

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We can have a little suspension of disbelief to ensure the joke lands

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Warning for everyone: that's a tvtropes link, don't get too sucked in. It's like a black hole.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

This warning saved my life

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

And they know it themselves (warning: also a TVTropes link)