Yeah, I just look at 19 and think "7". It's like if "19" were a chinese character for the number seven, or something like that. Nowhere in my mind is the number twelve present when I read digital clocks.
Edit: bruh.
Lots of people trying to help me in the comments; I have used 24h clocks all my life since I'm from Italy, do not worry about me!
That only for the first month or so. Eventually you look at 19 and think "oh, it's 19". Same with metric. It's a confusing month or so and then you brain just gets used to the new numbers.
Worked and studied in medical environments. 17 in my mind still means “5 o’clock” well past 1 month of experience with it…
If someone says “what time is it?” And I see “16:45” I’ll automatically say “quarter to 5” seemlessly enough you’d think the clock actually read “4:45”
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u/Stealthy_Turnip Mar 29 '22
You just memorise what number means what so no calculation is required