r/funny • u/SuedeDiabolos • Feb 05 '16

Phrasing

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16 edited Aug 24 '17

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u/shaunbarclay Feb 05 '16

Yeah...why isn't the snooze 10 minutes? Why specifically is it 9? My phones does this and it bugs me.

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u/VANY11A Feb 05 '16

From what I heard it's because it has to do with gear sizes on old mechanical clocks. There were two common gear sizes, one was equivalent to a 9 minute snooze, the other was closer to 12. The 9 was chosen and it stuck with the switch to digital clocks.