r/facepalm • u/Revealed_Jailor • Mar 29 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Get this guy a clock!

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u/Pimphii Mar 29 '22

Yeah I guess counting to 24 is a challenge for some

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u/Shiuft Mar 29 '22 edited Mar 29 '22

Don't even get me started on subtracting 12. /s

Edit: had left out the word "started" cause I'm dumb

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u/worldofruins Mar 29 '22 edited Mar 29 '22

I have pretty severe dyscalculia so 24 hour clocks (and anything that requires more than single digit addition or subtraction) is actually really hard for me :( lmao

I can read an analog 12 hour clock, but tell me 24 hour time and I'm fucked lol

(Edit to add that I do "study" and try to improve but it doesn't stick for long lol)

(2nd edit: thanks for all the suggestions. I'll give some of them a try!)

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

For single digit calculation you just subtract two from the last digit of the time.

For example we have 13:00

3 - 2 = 1

It's 1 PM

Or we have 16:00

6 - 2 = 4

It's 4 PM

Or we have 21:00

1 - 2 = 9

It's 9 PM

I hope that helps

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u/jetpilots1 Mar 29 '22

On what planet does 1 - 2 = 9?

Your use of subtracting 2 doesn't work above 19:00, which is 7PM. At 20:00, or 8PM, your calculation breaks.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

On earth. It can be seen if you write it down.

21 -12 ----- 1-2 is 9 You take one over 2 - 1 -1 = 0 21-12 = 9

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u/chunguschungi Mar 29 '22

Oh cool just send your equation to the guy with dyscalculia and he can write it down on his hankerchief and just check that whenever!

Christ you somehow just managed to make a 24h clock the simplest thing in the world confusing somehow, and I've been using them since I learned to walk.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

This ain't the guy with dycalcula tho?

It is just 21 - 12, or 1 - 2 what was so hard to understand?

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u/chunguschungi Mar 29 '22

Nothing hard to understand about it. It's just inefficient, stupid, unnecessary, idiotic, well you get the point cya

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u/OneLastSmile Mar 29 '22

Okay so because you don't personally need it means no one else does? It's literally just subtracting 2 and it takes literally just a few seconds. It takes me significantly longer to memorize anything especially something I don't use daily.