NovaPrime,
@NovaPrime@lemmy.ml avatar

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,
@kewwwi@lemmy.world avatar

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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