Can’t stand backwards in a hallway or a room either. There really isn’t anywhere one could stand backwards, unless the frame of reference is moving (e.g. escalators, airport peoplemover belts).
Backwards is a concept that entirely hinges on motion, come to think of it. No such thing as a static backwards.
Can’t stand backwards in a hallway or a room either. There really isn’t anywhere one could stand backwards, unless the frame of reference is moving (e.g. escalators, airport peoplemover belts).
Backwards is a concept that entirely hinges on motion, come to think of it. No such thing as a static backwards.
You can absolutely stand backwards in a group that’s all facing one way.
Pants.
I should clarify: animate objects can’t be backwards without a frame of motion.
A car parked on the wrong side of the street.
I would argue that a parked car is not an animate object and that a street has an implied frame of motion
Staring backwards at a landscape or art or statue.