The jar is moving counterclockwise and the lid is moving clockwise.
Depends if you're in the northern or southern hemisphere.
I hold the bottom still and turn the top. Counterclockwise is open.
Neither. Pull-tabs and duct tape..
What do clocks rotate the same way?
I give up, what?
I have no idea.
I'd speculate that it has to do with right handed dominance among human populations, that for early weight driven clocks, it is just easier to lift up the weight with your right hand, when facing the mechanism, which would result in the clockwise motion of the mechanism.
I wish there was a Swiss person to ask.
The hands would have been the simpler answer.
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