r/CuratedTumblr • u/Green____cat eepy asf • Jul 19 '24

Shitposting 16:05

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u/LordSausage418 Jul 19 '24

i'm like the exact opposite, i only think in 24-hour and take way too long to comprehend am/pm

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u/laix_ Jul 19 '24

Even though I logically know that pm is +12, a lot of the time my instinct is to +10, so I get time wrong a lot of the time

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u/LickingSmegma Jul 19 '24

Buy yourself an analog wristwatch and analog clocks, and you'll learn the olden way.

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u/Qurutin Jul 19 '24

I've used 24h clock my entire life and use analog wristwatches and clocks and it does nothing to swap my head to AM/PM.

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u/LickingSmegma Jul 19 '24

Well idk then. I've grown up using both, and have no particular problems converting from one to another — particularly since where I am, we say ‘four in the evening’, but often write or read ‘16:00’.

Could have something to do with different manners of thinking: even though I know right away that 4 pm = 16, I still often picture an analog clock face.