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Your phone's clock is your default time. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Think about when the last time you used a wall clock or even a public clock pole/tower or something. My brain doesn't even register them anymore, I just look at my phone and reset brain to whatever magic hand box says.

To think there used to be a time where you had to physically go outside and look at a clock tower if you wanted accurate ish local time

edit: hourly workers who live by the time card, disregard this post

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[–] 16 points 3 months ago (1 child)

I use clocks all the time - it's way faster to look at a clock than pull my phone out.

Its even faster to simply look at a wall clock than the clock on my phone when I'm using the phone, since the fint is so small and digital.

Analog clocks are just faster to read, for me - I don't have to think about "what do these numbers mean".

Analog clocks are just a better analog for the passing of time.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    Analog clocks are just a better analog for the passing of time.

    Cant argue with this.

    But

    what do these numbers mean?

    Is what i faintly ask myself when i do look at a analog clock.

    In digital, the numbers are just numbers, 9:42 is 9:42 while in analog 9 can mean 9 or 45.

    “It is almost a quarter before 10” is a sentence i would need to think twice to understand even when well pronounced from a vocal clear distance.

    Pretty sure it all depends on what your used to and dealing with a delay when facing the “other” formulation. No real winners.

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