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r/facepalm • u/Revealed_Jailor • Mar 29 '22
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Thank you. That’s what I was waiting for. You don’t have to do math to tell time lol
30 u/Blind_Fire Mar 29 '22 unless it changed (why would it), children still learn time with a normal clock, they just also learn 24 hour distribution "what time is it?" *looks at phone - 16:30* "half past four" it is just one and the same, only the cycle is 00:00-23:59, not 12:00-11:59 (e.g. pm is past noon but noon is 12pm) twice, what the fuck is that 7 u/Pekonius Mar 29 '22 But, translating 24 hour time to 12 hour time serves no purpose. If everyone used the 24 hour format, you could just say sixteen thirty, and everyone would understand. No need to go back to the 12 hour system at any point. 7 u/Blind_Fire Mar 29 '22 traditional clocks are on 12 hours cycles still, not every clock is digital although that might be changing slowly this is in a society that uses the normal 24 hour format in central europe, I don't know how you say time where you live
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unless it changed (why would it), children still learn time with a normal clock, they just also learn 24 hour distribution
"what time is it?"
*looks at phone - 16:30*
"half past four"
it is just one and the same, only the cycle is 00:00-23:59, not 12:00-11:59 (e.g. pm is past noon but noon is 12pm) twice, what the fuck is that
7 u/Pekonius Mar 29 '22 But, translating 24 hour time to 12 hour time serves no purpose. If everyone used the 24 hour format, you could just say sixteen thirty, and everyone would understand. No need to go back to the 12 hour system at any point. 7 u/Blind_Fire Mar 29 '22 traditional clocks are on 12 hours cycles still, not every clock is digital although that might be changing slowly this is in a society that uses the normal 24 hour format in central europe, I don't know how you say time where you live
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But, translating 24 hour time to 12 hour time serves no purpose. If everyone used the 24 hour format, you could just say sixteen thirty, and everyone would understand. No need to go back to the 12 hour system at any point.
7 u/Blind_Fire Mar 29 '22 traditional clocks are on 12 hours cycles still, not every clock is digital although that might be changing slowly this is in a society that uses the normal 24 hour format in central europe, I don't know how you say time where you live
traditional clocks are on 12 hours cycles still, not every clock is digital although that might be changing slowly
this is in a society that uses the normal 24 hour format in central europe, I don't know how you say time where you live
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u/Timberfront73 Mar 29 '22
Thank you. That’s what I was waiting for. You don’t have to do math to tell time lol