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2026-05-28T06:39:35Z

92.19.86.70: More innaccuracies

[https://www.sea-and-yachting.com/spoiler.html Spoilers for boats]. [[Special:Contributions/64.201.132.210|64.201.132.210]] 21:25, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

The barman says "Sorry, we don't serve time-travellers". A time-traveller walks into a bar. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253|81.179.199.253]] 21:31, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Before explanation/transcript --[[User:OceanLord|OceanLord]] ([[User talk:OceanLord|talk]]) 21:38, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Cool I’ve never been early enough to see an explanation-less comic also help me I’ve never commented before did I mess it up :( {{unsigned ip|73.148.10.13|21:47, 27 May 2026}}
:You messed up slightly -- you forgot to sign your comment with 4 tildes. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 21:48, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesian_navigation Sebastian --[[Special:Contributions/88.217.185.170|88.217.185.170]] 21:50, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

i think it should be "this page was created in the past" not "this page was created in the future". im changing that (its more like present here cause its 22:15, 27 May 2026 (UTC))
:Aren't they all created in the past by the time we read it? [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 22:22, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

"'North Star'? I guess I'm not familiar with that. What's a 'north'? ... Primary direction, you say? So it's the direction the sun appears every morning?" [[Special:Contributions/2604:2D80:AB87:B700:5456:ED28:D284:B682|2604:2D80:AB87:B700:5456:ED28:D284:B682]] 23:08, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

:They would have been quite familiar with the fact that the Little Bear remained in the same direction all night every night. Though, to avoid confusing them, remember that during the Iron Age, the polar point in the sky would have been closer to Kochab (Beta Ursae Minoris) rather than Polaris (Alpha Ursae Minoris) [[User:RegularSizedGuy|RegularSizedGuy]] ([[User talk:RegularSizedGuy|talk]]) 03:43, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

People had been tracking the sun for thousands of years - building megaliths and celebrating solstices, I am sure they had concepts of direction. Lodestones are noted in Greek writing and may have been known earlier. Long distance navigation was also solved in the Bronze Age, in fact you cannot have bronze without shipping tin or copper from one of the few known mines. Definitely no more than a C for History.
[[Special:Contributions/92.19.86.70|92.19.86.70]] 06:39, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Surely they would understand the concept of things, like food, being spoiled? [[User:Dogman15|Dogman15]] ([[User talk:Dogman15|talk]]) 00:16, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

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