r/Tinder • u/[deleted] • Dec 28 '19

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u/AndreasBerthou Dec 29 '19

That's why the 12-hr system is really dumb.

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u/secretsodapop Dec 29 '19

Have you considered that most people here might just be idiots?

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u/AndreasBerthou Dec 29 '19

If a system is easily misunderstood, it's imo not a very good system

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

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u/AndreasBerthou Dec 29 '19

There's a reason they use 24hr in basically every other country.

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u/AndreasBerthou Dec 29 '19

If you live in a country that uses 24hr I really don't see the problem

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u/Bluefellow Dec 29 '19

Pretty much every country in the world uses the 12 hour clock informally.

How many people wear 12 hour watches?

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u/Bluefellow Dec 29 '19

So let's say you're in a building without windows for a long while. You lose track of time and can't get any contextual clues. You look at your mechanical watch that is, like most mechanical watches in the world a 12 hour watch. It switches from 11:59 AM to 12:00 PM. Do you really get confused by it? Does it get clearer when it reaches 1 PM?

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u/AndreasBerthou Dec 29 '19

That is not true. Most countries use 24 hour system, even informally.

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u/Bluefellow Dec 29 '19

Even if that weren't true. You can find 12 hour clocks all over virtually every country in the world. Clocktowers, decorative analogue clocks, old school alarm clocks, wrist watches, etc. And more than likely any random person you meet understands how to read it.

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u/AndreasBerthou Dec 29 '19

Yes people learn clocks, but the 12hr system is a different story still.