NovaPrime,
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Hate to be a stickler, but wouldn’t 9:75 actually be a quarter AFTER 10 seeing as how it’d be 10:15 equivalent?

The_Picard_Maneuver,
@The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website avatar

I’m afraid you’re not counting all 100 minutes in an hour.

NovaPrime, (edited )
@NovaPrime@lemmy.ml avatar

Ah damn. I used imperial time units instead of metric. My bad.

eager_eagle,
@eager_eagle@lemmy.world avatar

the International Bureau of Weights and Measures wants to know your location

JohnDClay,

How about just half past or quarter till?

snooggums,
@snooggums@kbin.social avatar

9.75

0x4E4F,
@0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works avatar

Commented just to say that this is the way it should be written, if it was a quarter to ten.

fury,

Ah, yes, good old metric time.

smallaubergine,

They should intentionally make it smell real bad to discourage people to do that, like how Nintendo made ds/3ds cartridges taste bad so little kids wouldn't try and put them in their mouths

kewwwi,

we already did that to the us measuring system but it just gave them bad taste

csfirecracker,

I am so confused by your comment. Did you comment on the right post? What would you make smell bad in this context

smallaubergine, (edited )

definitely meant to comment on another post, super weird! I was reading a nottheonion post about how Steam was telling people not to huff the air coming out of the Steamdeck. Wonder if i hit a bug on the kbin mobile website? Hoping this reply actually goes to you and not some other post!

NaoPb,

Interesting. I don’t see why you would want to huff that hot exhaust air. But I also don’t see what’s wrong with that since it’s just the air from around you that’s been through the device.

csfirecracker,

I just passed the post you meant to reply to and it clicked for me. Weird!

Hope,

I agree, it would be cool if it smelled bad when people told time wrong.

JoShmoe,

It is easier to say 975

phorq,

I prefer saying it’s 9:270°

Skua,

9:3π/2 rad

Greyghoster,

You probably grew up in the era of digital clocks and watches. If you used an analog watch you would know why it was easier to say a quarter to 10. 😁

schmidtster,

Because that means the person is old and can’t count from 10 to 9 and change 1/4 to 3/4?

Greyghoster,

No it means that they grew up using a 12 hour, 60 minute circular time system. Habits form when you learn stuff and can last a lifetime.

schmidtster, (edited )

Most people I know would simply say 9:45 instead of 1/4 to 10 when looking at an analog clock. We were taught to mentally do some minor math, same habits, just better I guess.

BackOnMyBS,
@BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world avatar

For me, it’s because when I look at an analog clock, it’s easier to see that there’s a quarter of the cycle left on the minute hand than to convert 9 to 45 mins. So if someone asks me for the time and I looked at an analog clock, I would be more likely to respond with the relative position of the minute hand than with the exact minutes. If I am looking at a digital clock, then I will read exactly what the clock says.

Frozzie,
@Frozzie@lemmy.world avatar

Real.

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