In Germany we say "dreiviertel acht" or "three quarter eight". This will irrationally enrage people from Northern Germany.

7:15 is a quarter till half past 7:00.

Still better than quarter of.

What time is a "Quarter of 10"?

I could see it as 10:15, 9:45, 9:15, or 2:30. It's stupid, and anybody who uses it is wrong.

Ah, good ole decimal time.

To all the people saying it's "AI slop", it's not. This image is on a blog from 2014.

https://the-watchman-of-god.blogspot.com/2014/05/what-is-meaning-of-alice-in-wonderland.html

At least run it through a reverse image search before making any accusations.

ETA: Higher resolution image from 2016 here

This meme looks entirely AI generated down to the joke

Wtf is 7:75? That would be 8:15. Quarter to eight is 7:45.

Or am I just super old and whooshing on the joke? Maybe it's an AI equivalent of eight fingers or two left hands?

Last year, a middle aged gentleman stopped me on the street to ask me what time it was. I told him "half past one and ten minutes." Just came naturally to me (I also wear an analog watch, so never really can tell the exact minute). I still remember the confused look on his face, and I imagine he's been working really hard to convert it into minutes. That made me self-conscious about saying the time, and I noticed I never say time in the hours-minutes format. My kids will be the same, as long as they pick up this habit from me rather than videos and movies.

Why do old people say that shit? They expect me to do math every time? Side note, I an American recently switched to using a 24 hour clock. It's way better.

The AI could at least draw the watch correcting to the "joke"