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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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[–] 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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