is anybody other than me irked by the phrase, "the four corners of the globe"? WTEH???

[niyad]

For some reason, today it is really annoying.

[LakeArenal]

1. You have a point. But I view it as figure of speech.

I guess it is reality to many idiots.

[niyad]

9. Any number of figures of speech irritate me. This one just happens to be more

annoying than usual to me today.

[LakeArenal]

15. Yeah. I get that.

[unblock]

2. Yeah that really rubs me up the wrong tree.

[niyad]

7. snicker.

[magicarpet]

3. Have you considered becoming a flat earther ?

It might be a boost to your coping mechanisms.

[niyad]

6. I know a couple of flat-earthers. They give me migraines.

[msongs]

4. probably related to the four directions, north, south, east and west nt

[niyad]

5. Well, of course. But for some reason, corners and globes just do not seem to go

together.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

16. Or it was originally used in the contexts of maps ... and somehow it morphed

where people started using it when referring to the globe, since it was already a familiar idea.

[Major Nikon]

25. It's a biblical reference

Abrahamic religions weren’t the original flat earthers, but they certainly popularized the idea and still promoted it long after they should have known better.

[wnylib]

31. Many Native American cultures also

referred to the 4 directions of earth, long before they ever encountered people with Bibles.

It's just a human thing - front, back, left, right.

[Major Nikon]

32. Directions are still relevant regardless of how you view the shape of the earth

While it's true that most ancient peoples envisioned the earth as flat, educated people have known the earth was round for well over 2,000 years. It's one thing to promote ignorance when you have no way of knowing better. It's quite another to become willfully ignorant of science when you could have better educated yourself or at the very least gotten out of the way of people educating society instead of trying to dumb everyone down.

It's just another example of religion making people dummer which still continues just as strongly today. The whataboutitst will say whatabout all the scientific knowledge believers have provided, which dodges the larger question of what could have been accomplished without the yoke of religion holding everyone back.

[wnylib]

33. "An example of religion making people dummer" (sic)???

Really? There is a religious conspiracy to maintain the expression "4 corners of the globe"? Explicitly for the pupose of making people dumber.

Who knew? Unaware of this vast conspiracy, I thought it was just a carryover of an old expression for designating directions. Since there are no corners to the earth, should we also eliminate the use of north, south, east, and west?

[Major Nikon]

35. There was a vast conspiracy that lasted almost 2,000 years

It was propagated by people who who were so heavily invested in the idea of an inerrant bible they attacked any and all critics up to and including torture and execution explicitly for the purpose of making people “dummer” (sic). That is the origin and history of the expression.

Really.

[SharonClark]

8. Isaiah 11:12

[niyad]

10. There is no bible handy.

[SharonClark]

19. Not at house either. I googled "4 corners of

the earth” and it’s part of that verse.

[Earth-shine]

11. When I look at a map, it has four corners. What's your problem?

You're not one of those round-Earthers, are you?

[niyad]

14. shhhh. You must not tell.

[keithbvadu2]

12. Several theories

[niyad]

13. love it!

[Tomconroy]

17. For some reason it reminded me of listening

To Lowell Thomas'7:00PM radio broadcast of the news. He always had stories from the four corners of the globe.

[ret5hd]

18. When stuff like this starts bothering me...

I stop…realize that “today must be a pretty damn good day if this is the issue that I choose to worry about!”

Then I smile, maybe pop a beer, put my feet up, and think “maybe if I’m REALLY lucky later…”

[frogmarch]

20. I'd never thought about it before

but now I am IRKED!

[rickford66]

21. Seven seas, seven continents ...

Who decides ?

[Donkees]

22. North, East, South, West - and one of the meanings of 'corner' is the part farthest from the center

[abqtommy]

23. Well, the Four Winds in The Four Seasons gotta blow in from somewhere. Breathe deeply.

There. Doncha feel better now?

[niyad]

30. Thank you.

[Anon-C]

24. Why does it irk you? What about your current situation...

...makes you feel that way?

[malthaussen]

27. Eliza lives! n/t

[malthaussen]

26. I've always seen "The four corners of the Earth."

Yeah, "four corners of the globe" is nonsense. Possibly perpetrated by people who are misquoting the original phrase?

-- Mal

[niyad]

29. Upthread, it was pointed out that Lowell Thomas used it in his broadcasts. Hear it in

travel ads, "every corner of the globe." Grrrr.

[Paladin]

28. Nope. You're the only one. (nt)

[elleng]

34. Hell yes, and 'across the world.'

[niyad]

36. YES!!!!