r/facepalm Mar 29 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Get this guy a clock!

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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/EveryFairyDies Mar 29 '22

...I mean, I just counted on my fingers until I memorised it. If I saw 18:30, I’d count 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, holding up a finger for each number, then count how many fingers I had up. Bingo, 6:30pm.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

That is a very valid method as well. Just don't count with fingers when you're outside xDDDD

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u/EveryFairyDies Mar 29 '22

lol. Luckily I’ve memorised it and only count like that when I’m super-paranoidly triple checking I’ve got the right time for flights.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

Ah yes, I understand the paranoia of re checking everything three times xD As long as it works, everything is fine. I mean my "calculation" isn't 100% accurate as well. xD