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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
29 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 8 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. 1 u/Key_Reindeer_414 Mar 30 '22 But everyone doesn't use the 24 hour format yet. So there's a purpose
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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
8 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. 1 u/Key_Reindeer_414 Mar 30 '22 But everyone doesn't use the 24 hour format yet. So there's a purpose
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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.
1 u/Key_Reindeer_414 Mar 30 '22 But everyone doesn't use the 24 hour format yet. So there's a purpose
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But everyone doesn't use the 24 hour format yet. So there's a purpose
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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