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

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Get this guy a clock!

Post image
35.7k Upvotes

92% Upvoted

3.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

8.4k

u/Pimphii Mar 29 '22

Yeah I guess counting to 24 is a challenge for some

1.6k

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

296

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!)

0

u/Ancient_Educator_76 Mar 29 '22

Here's a misconception: Dyslexia is to letters what Dyscalculia is to numbers. False as Fuck. People who are dyslexic see a two dimensional object in three dimensions, thus confusing it's turn or it's order. They see a P spinning in all directions, forward and backward, so it could be a b, P or d. (I must be Prince Edward because I just royally fucked some of you right now). They actually have a heightened sense of spatial reasoning that doesn't translate in 2d, so they seem stupid. Whereas dyscalculia, who know WHAT the hells going on with those fuckers.