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Sep 29, 2015 4:33 PM
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kultovbela
That was the first thing I was looking for on Monday. "Yup, they fixed it," was first thought before Trevor even made an appearance.
LiterallyYourMom
Trevor Noah's debut was pretty good. Huge shoes to fill but he did a good job.
fearandloathebananas
Didn't they change that after this interview?
Moonadon
If it where my decision I would change it to spin top to bottom to annoy the black science guy
TinyLiehon
Seen the Earth spin in the wrong direction in news on many different chains (and even in Ingress). It's almost as if there's a reason for it
theguyintheoldtimeydivingsuit
Finally!
fartbender
I noticed that when I watched the show this morning (DVR FTW). Yeahhhh science.
littlegingerone
mmmm trevor noah... what a sexy man...
DerpahantTheMagnificent
He did a stand up show at my university earlier this year. I fell in love that day
pandaeyed
I fell in love with him after seeing his stand up a couple of years ago too :)
AHornyRhino
You're gonna have to fight Sandi Toksvig and Stephen Fry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baEiWB2aM9Y
KrakedUp
Which one!?! There's an earth within an earth spinning a different direction.
RogueDarkJedi
How did we lose all these great comedians on Comedy Central D:
residentdrunk
Can we lump this in with SCRUBS and the x-ray being backwards?
TinyWomanBrain
Tyson actually pushed for the stars in titanic to be changed for the anniversary release to be an accurate sky for time/place haha
Stiernspetz
I read somewhere that that actually was on prupose, to signify how noone can do it on their own, because they're no supermen.
RandomAssassin
Awesome reaction :D
icantbelieveijoined
Maybe the globe wasn't spinning, but it was a satellite rotating around the earth?
Stronaut0
Hey science man, maybe the "camera" is orbiting in the opposite direction faster than the globe is rotating
FrankHorigan
People don't think the universe be like it is, but it do. - Black Science Man
EugeneMeltsner
Exactly what I thought. Well, not exactly, but pretty close.
Finduses
So aproximately what you thought.
EugeneMeltsner
Exactly! Or approximately? I'm confused now :(
AIComments
At that distance, the camera would need to be going a significant fraction of the speed of light, about 20% to 50%.
tiramigiu
last time I checked earth wasn't red and black, nor does it open like a split in half sphere. Perhaps...it's an artistic representation.
kerms
Fast-forwarding.
Timegoat
Neil?
generalofficer
Also a blue Earth spinning in the right direction opens to reveal a red one spinning the other way.Wouldn't say they were going for realism.
depressedscientist
Unless it’s a mirror image, which would happen if you produced a hologram... which it appears to be NEIL...
cakce
As a mobile user, thank you!!
CommanderWilliamTRiker
Too bad Noah is just not funny.
BillyHoWCR
Uhmmm... the earth was not rotating. The POV was rotating around the earth.
MMAgCh
He also got up in James Cameron's grill because he got the night-time sky at the end of Titanic wrong.
StTemporalGrace
They fixed it in post.
twfeline
There have been plenty of network news shows that have had the same problem with the wrong-way spinning globe.
erowud
Actually it is dependent on the velocity of the observer.
keeblebrox
Only if you manage to exceed the speed of light.
aicorrn
I'm happy I'm not the only one to think this. Thank you
echonite
Context clues disagree.
DennyOverlordd
Was gonna say this. If it spins faster than the earth following orbit it would look like this.
erowud
You would almost think being an astrophysicist that Neil would have a clue about relativity.
Abso
He may be using the stars in the back as a reference point, though. If they are, indeed, stars.
erowud
More likely he is making a generalization to appeal to the "I fucking love science" crowd
ScroungeArounge
^
LawOfTheLand
I guess Trevor Noah has brought a global perspective
WheezingAppleWannaBe
idk, i just dont like Noah.
100PercentGradeABumblebees
So it's super cool that that got fixed, but always downvote Neil deGrasse Tyson.
theaterofdreams
I love NDT but damn if he isn't "that guy" sometimes
fidgetsfumbles
I looked down. confirmed.
equityforpunks
The outer blue one rotates correct direction, the red one inside does not..
jrau18
The outer blue one cuts itself in fucking half.
TurdsOfWisdom
The outer blue one splits in half, both going opposite directions.
azazyel
Actually I think only the bottom half is correct.
Sakkura
Yeah it splits at the equator, which may not be scientifically accurate.
CHINKICHOU
wait so how comes the toilet flushes the other way below the equator?
jrau18
Because they built the toilet that way.
nommon
No, but I totally had an idea for a movie like that in another comment thread somewhere.
CindyTheTVsLeaking
So... that is NOT correct? Look at us learning things here!
housev1l
It's Time Cube!!
FluffEza
Trevor Noah :D Probably the best thing out of SA besides Madiba <3
zuluboy
Ummm Elon Musk??
toolateforteddy
Elon Musk is a pretty cool dude too.
rooibostee
I dunno, I've had the wine and droëwors. Those are pretty close too...
joeface614
Also the band Goldfish
azazyel
Don't forget Die Antwoord
Efreeti
May their enemies live long so they may see them progress.
graehall
I think they're freaky, but I like them a lot.
FluffEza
They were especially left out xD
slinkywafflepants
Because he's a ninja!
ComicSansHumor
Oi. Don't forget Cobus.
cniht
Dont forget the soweto necklace.
chocolateraptor
LOVE all of you beautiful people :) Yay South Africa B-)
LiterallyYourMom
Neill Blomkamp is pretty cool.
ModernDayBabaYaga
Yebo GoGo
MrFluffyPantsMan
Saubonga (I think I spelt that wrong)
Ognipode
Proud South Africans here!
wherearetheavos
Me too!
MrFluffyPantsMan
Jo'burg, you?
Ognipode
Pretoria for me!
13thWisp
Cape Town
rustedaxe
Johnny Clegg man....Asimbonanga. Dela. Scatterlings of Africa.
Rabidchiuaua
From the first thing he said, I knew I would like him.
7itan
Implying Madiba did anything good for that country. Just look at what it's like now but no that's okay because everyone is free.
MrFluffyPantsMan
He did great things, the problem is that our leaders never received a proper education thanks to apartheid
chocolateraptor
Then they should not be leaders! Lack of education does not excuse the criminal acts they have performed. There are so many smart, /1
MrFluffyPantsMan
I'm not saying that just saying that the country was left in the wrong hands. The head of the DA seems like an alright guy :) (I'm agreeing)
chocolateraptor
yes. Mmusi Maimane is the leader we need and deserve!! (Sorry, I have reaaally hateful feelings towards our current leaders) :)
chocolateraptor
and that has fuck all to do with apartheid and EVERYTHING to do with the fact that they are criminals who are ruining our beautiful country.
chocolateraptor
educated black people that could take this country to many amazing places. The ANC is corrupt and only care about enriching themselves. /2
fitlex
Turnwise or widdershins?
APenguinInATuxedo
Dinosaurs made the earth spinsies
theclap67
ayyy that discworld reference
Crowlands
And then I remember that it's stated that it switches direction every few thousand years... would they need to relabel their weathervanes?
Flyndaran
The magnetic poles switch over longer periodis of time. The earth itself doesn't change direcitons.
TheGoodKevin
i used widdershins in a conversation and people refused to believe that i wasnt lying
derekjohn
Are you above it or below it?
isthatonfireyet
The fuck did I stumble into
thehatjesty
Discworld
damethelog
there are a lot, and i mean A LOT, of people on imgur who are into Sir Terry. it gladdens this dusty, black heart
imjustheretoholdyourhandwhenyoudie
Widdershins. Everything goes widdershins in this solar system.
timmay1369
Deosil
TheFlyingTripleSpinningAtomicScrotumVaporizer
To be fair, deosil and widdershins are both real words.
Matattackasaur
widdershins you can see the wossname at the end
docweird
Hmm... http://orig11.deviantart.net/e8a2/f/2008/349/8/b/the_great_a__tuin_by_alvaramorrigan.jpg
wh1skyd1ck
You need more upvotes.
TornadoKiller
Thank you, I need more discworld in my life!
twfeline
I first learned about widdershins in a Robert Heinlein novella.
KrunkleStan
Unbeaten11
Hubward.
twonames
Ask Hex
FreedomHorribleHorribleFreedom
+++Out of Cheese Error+++
TharrickLawson
+++REDO FROM START+++
Encephalon5
Widdershins comes from a German word which means, "Against the light of the sun."
yepnope
Counterkneads.
beardedheathen
The definition of widdershins is literally against the sun. Ergo turnwise.
terbril
Depends on the elephants
WellHereIAmMakingAnotherThing
The fifth one, to be precise.
Nilbop
Elephants? You're mistaken sir. It's turtles, all the way down.
DaddySlapper
Pshh, trash pandas fukbois
qussow
Nah, there's like a layer of elephants and then you get to the turtles.
IncorrectingYou
You people confuse the shit out of me.
AdonisMcThunderCock
In Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, the world is a disc carried by 4 gigantic elephants, carried by an even bigger turtle. They're great.
witsd
Deiseal.
witsd
This actually a reference to a different Pratchett book, the Long Utopia. ;)
witsd
And Baxter. Can't forget Baxter.
cocoakoumori
Rincewind would know.
docweird
Bloody Wizzards...
CalvinandHobbitses
I started thay book today! (I'm assuming you mean 'Eric'? I'm not very far through)
cocoakoumori
Eric is so great~ Welcome to this Disc ;) I was just talking about Rincewind in general, he appears in a lot of the books >W<
CalvinandHobbitses
I've listened to some audio books, but this will be the first I have read! :)
UrsusDerpus
Neither am I, but I'm fairly certain its Rincewind
Reisgar42
There are 41 books in the Discworld series, he's talking about a different one. Rincewind was the main character in the first book.
CalvinandHobbitses
Ah... Thank you! I have not been reading in order :l
BarnesAndChernobyl
The color of magic is the first Discworld book that Rincewind appears in.
cocoakoumori
Or not.
superblue64
Probably not.
Crowlands
Well it's his job. Geography professor and all.
thatguyisreallydeep
Being the Egregious Professor of Cruel and Unusual Geography he might be too specialized though.
cocoakoumori
Does that mean he's good at it? Let's be honest, his judgement has been questionable at times. I love him, though >W<
azazyel
I have checked myself but I'll take his word for it.
JohnnyricoMC
They did a ghetto fix the episode after the NDT one. As a one-off, the intro was replaced by a guy spinning a globe in the proper direction.
iDrinkDrano
He also had James Cameron make the night sky historically accurate in the 10 year anniversary re-release of Titanic.
azurepenguin
That's the scientific spirit! Take other people's word for it!
enicchi
Which episode is this? I can only find a short clip without the last scene. Would like to watch it whole :(
azazyel
http://www.cc.com/video-clips/c05kzq/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-neil-degrasse-tyson
enicchi
Ah, no wonder I couldn't find it:
This is so mean worded :'( I'll try later with a proxy, thanks ;*
chaserrrr
I might be seeing this wrong, but isn't the blue globe outside of it the right way? So the red one's backwards cuz it looks better opposite.
FFKonoko
The blue one breaks in half and unscrews, only half goes the right way, the red one is final focus.
msDirected
they can't say anything on imgur that isn't true
TroyAlcaraz
I don't know man....Colbert had to fact check him on Pluto....
spiritualbeingonahumanjourney
Will you eventually get around to it?
DetectivePikachu2
Ayyy
HawasKaPujari
Macarena
Macksiiie
When he gets a chance, jeez all up in his bizness.
PoopholeAintALoophole
PraiseRhllor
Haha that is great
omgycantigetaname777
Holy crap that took a long time to figure out... I need sleep. +1 and I'm off to bed
itsjustaprankbro
Fuck
azazyel
*haven't
Noratek
Be careful not to wreck yo'self
Newbile
The triple dip, you mine as well lick the bowl at this point..
CanadianEngineer
might* Mr. President
DarkUranium
*hides a landmine under the bowl*
CanadianEngineer
GET DOWN MR. PRESIDENT!
azazyel
triple dip?
PunPunlegreat
comments from OP to get points by not putting them in an edit, don't worry nobody actually cares
azazyel
Look at my profile, I didn't do it on purpose for points.