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Honestly the thing that would heal our country most is getting all these boomers out of their seats and replacing them with younger individuals who have better mental acuity. After that's been achieved, then maybe we could do the whole representation for marginalized groups thing. We shouldn't do the marginalized thing first because we will get just as many problematic individuals who just happen to be boomers just saying
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I can’t stop thinking about the redistricting in TN. My cousin, who practically lived as my only brother for years after his parents passed away, died indigent in TN. I had to dig his belongings out of insects and food waste and pay for his cremation. He was 38. There were no mental support services
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He got sicker and sicker and there were pretty much zero support services for the poor outside temperamental churches there. Public transport was dismal. He had horrible chronic health problems the ERa couldn’t address.
I wish I could have gotten him out but he wasn’t in a mental state to consent.
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It’s super cool that a state that would let a person under 40 vanish and die in a pile of rubbish with next to no mental, physical, or living support is focusing on important stuff like making sure a couple blue dots can’t have elected representatives.
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💔 humans can be so 🤯
I’m very sorry for your loss. Red states are run by monsters. I live in Indiana, I’d love to move.
@Seedling They are monsters.
I have never experienced the way I feel about them.
If this is anything like how they feel everyday w their racism….. what a waste of oxygen they are.
I have never experienced the way I feel about them.
If this is anything like how they feel everyday w their racism….. what a waste of oxygen they are.
@Seedling
I think that's the line we have to start using, Republicans are simply monsters. We say "the cruelty is the point" but I don't think people get it. It really is their point, I think they get off on it.
I think that's the line we have to start using, Republicans are simply monsters. We say "the cruelty is the point" but I don't think people get it. It really is their point, I think they get off on it.
i'm so sorry...
it's unconscionable that these politicians are so heartless. it's worse that they cloak this in claims of religion and morality. they have no morals; just hate.
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I am heartbroken and FURIOUS for you both. I am so sorry. I hope we find a way to throw all these bastards out of office and prosecute the corrupt and criminal. And build a system so that this can never happen again.
💔 My heart breaks.
More than half my friends died on the streets because of institutional and state neglect.
They were awesome people.
No one would help them out and off the streets. The demands imposed for assistance were onerous and arbitary, and they could be ejected from aid programmes on a whim.
People are cruel.
People with authority are more cruel.
It must stop.
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I am so sorry for your loss. The lack of essential health services is indeed shocking.
Here in Europe I started calling the USA the 'fourth world' because in key aspects the situation seems worse than what we see in many 'third world' countries these days.
That’s horrible. I’m glad he had you; I only wish he could have had the full support he needed and deserved.
@odd My wife and I moved to #TN from #IN in December 2024. The Hoosier State is messed up in oh so many ways, but it’s got nothing on Tennessee. I am amazed on a daily basis about how backward things are here. Not only that, but how many people think that’s just fine and dandy. There’s a lot I like about Knoxville, where we live, but the state as a whole can take a flying leap as far as I’m concerned. And now the jerks in Nashville are going to make sure that things will never change.
I’m so sorry.
The lack of respect for human beings in this country literally makes my soul ache.
Bless the souls of your cousin 🙏🏼❤️
The lack of respect for human beings in this country literally makes my soul ache.
Bless the souls of your cousin 🙏🏼❤️
Oh my god. I'm so sorry for your loss. Also, one more reason why people who endorse a bs neo-secession should be quiet.
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Fuuuuuck. I’m sorry.
Fuuuuuck. I’m sorry.
So sorry to hear that.
Our (I live in Nashville) state legislature is horrible. What they did in Memphis today is the same thing they did to Nashville a few years ago, when my district was carved up. Nashville and Memphis no longer have urban districts of their own. They’ve been split up and absorbed into the surrounding rural districts.
I'm sorry your cousin had to pay for the greed of those politicians. If only there was a way for those greedy bastards to take his place in the ground. 🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂
Oh, I'm so sorry. The South is a very fucked up place.
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and then, everything changed when the fire aura attacked
That’s pretty corny, but I’m nomad about it.
back in my day we had to forage for our aura, and the path to the aura spot was uphill both ways
I get and redistribute aura exclusively from dumpsters and other kitchen waste streams. It's disgusting how much gets thrown away!
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They further describe "heaven" as having streets lined with gold. People will swallow a whole lot on "faith" won't they?
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No, there is absolutely no irony: religion (at least those with eschatological ontology) needs the metaphysical, the beyond, the possibility of "immanentizing the Eschaton" scares the shit out of them because it destroys despair in this world and the need for submission to their rules and sacrifice in this life for those rewards in the life beyond.
@Illuminatus always found it telling of who they really are that their worldview forbids trying to bring about the conditions of heaven lol
Socialism is in the bible - there's this bit where a gang of disciples pool their assets, if I remember correctly from school all those decades ago.
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Not all of them pooled their assets. Lying about holding back some assets was a grievous sin. Note not the holding back, the lying.
Absolutely bonkers and utter hypocrisy!!
If you extend it a bit, you'll be able to see the why; why the blank-check acceptance of very badly disguised "benevolent" authoritarians.
If you extend it a bit, you'll be able to see the why; why the blank-check acceptance of very badly disguised "benevolent" authoritarians.
Hmmm... Let's see. They won't be able to spend time sneering at poor people, demeaning the sick, chuckling with pals about buying off the Government, cornering markets, competing with fellow fat rats over the most expensive car/ airplane/ villa /island/ ranch/ wardrobe/... , savoring that the "losers" aren't eating caviar...
They won't have any of their pleasures!
But real Christians can enjoy thinking of them surrounded by other fat rats, all singing hymns, 24/7 ➡️ ♾️
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They further describe "heaven" as having streets lined with gold. People will swallow a whole lot on "faith" won't they?
@PerryM I mean... Would gold streets even be good? Seems like they wouldn't offer good traction for vehicles and be too cold and hard on the feet. Why not streets paved with clouds or the fluff and purr of kittens without the guilt of wearing them as mittens?
huh ya know what…?
They think of heaven that way because they believe only people exactly like them will be there. It's consistent with their world view because it's all only for them.
The description of heaven is not quite fitting when it comes to Christianity. The Christian heaven has a hierarchy of people nearer to god and people farer from him. So a rich and priviliged Christian can die believing that he will have a better place in heaven than all the other peasants, at least when he is free of sin and did all the sacraments...
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The bible often states Gods shows no favoritism. There is also the parable of the poor man in heaven and the rich man suffering in hell.
Pretty sure they describe heaven as a place where they'll "have a mansion just over the hilltop" and it's a "bright land where we'll never grow old."
Marxism also emerged from the Abrahamic monotheistic tradition, only with heaven relocated from the afterlife to the human world. The United States is a right-wing country that has long been hostile to welfare policies, yet its culture core is also so called WASP — which is, in fact, a contradiction in itself.
However, in reality, many countries that have implemented Marxism have turned into entities where a small clique monopolizes the distribution of resources.
@TurquoiseC it's why marxism and "communism" will never work.
Human beings suck, universally.
I don't think those are the same religious people. Those who are invested in God's economy are not generally those who are invested in empire/nationalism. Even though they might claim the same religion.
Uhm.....Catholics on line two. They'd like a word with you about this 'classless heaven' presumption.
The above is a description of communism.
Socialism was declared an intermediate stage before communism; the latter was never built.
Socialism was declared an intermediate stage before communism; the latter was never built.
@vnikolov In Poland, we have this libertarian journalist who, whenever the government does anything, shouts, "It's socialism." He builds roads, modernizes railways, whatever. We have a good railway. So, socialism works.
Socialism is oligarchy of government. It has very little to do with classless or heaven... some pigs are more equal than others in socialism's power dynamic by definition.
@Scrimshaw9 I think what you miss in animal farm, presuming you've read it, is that the pigs are also the animals that interface with the human world and their behavior becomes ever more like that of the farmer who they revolted against in the first place. Are they inherently corrupt or is their sway towards capitalism the corrupting force?
I feel Orwell was a better writer than most of the people who quote him.
Christians, yes.
Muslim paradise is quite different and misogynistic, separate heavens for men, married women and maidens.
Valhalla is even worse.
Basically just a promise of everything you want as long as you toe the line.
Muslim paradise is quite different and misogynistic, separate heavens for men, married women and maidens.
Valhalla is even worse.
Basically just a promise of everything you want as long as you toe the line.
@wvi Perhaps because there would be unlimited resources in heaven.
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normally I'd say "well darn, guess you need to finish the bottle..." but in this case - WTF are you doing with a wine cork?
@mathaetaes So, I made some white wine (several years ago!), and I don't drink wine fast enough... and no one I know is really into homebrewed wine... so I have been trying to figure out what to do with the rest, lol. I thought I'd try catching slugs with it, and I opened a bottle, and put the wine cork on top of the garden bed cover last night, and now it's gone. After seeing a squirrel run by with what I swear was my wine cork.
I didn't know you drank wine at all.
I should've figured you'd try to brew it.
You could further ferment it into white wine vinegar. There's lots of uses for that.
@mathaetaes I'd definitely use more vinegar than wine! Good idea... I will have to look that up. (making vinegar) I don't really drink wine, lol... not a lot of tolerance for alcohol in general!
I remembered you saying you didn't really drink... thus the question about wine in the first place 😀
Are you sure it wasn't Mr. Jingles?
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No, I think you're on to something. Get the squirrels passout drunk and they won't be able to eat your greenery. 😆
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If you’re going to leave out some wine, be sure to leave some cheese as well.
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If leaving out wine and cheese, may as well leave some fruit and dried meats out as well.
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@SuperMoosie @paul_ipv6 @larand LOL great, just what I need, to wrestle 50-60 squirrels into small raincoats
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or maybe just 50-60 squirrels shoved into one big raincoat...
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@larand Sounds like the party is getting started.
It might only get you better reviews on Squirrel Yelp.
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i thought he liked mcdonalds...
i thought he liked mcdonalds...
What wine pairs well with ill-gotten garden gains?
Yes your honour, I was intoxicated at the time, but I blame the squirrel...
Dewd. You are SO corked.
could be. i hear that trivets made from wine bottle corks are quite trendy in some squirrel communities.
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I’m imagining a bunch of squirrels, passing around your wine cork and sniffing it and then commenting sardonically on your tastes.
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Great first sentence 10/10 would definitely read this novel.
Not quite long or convoluted enough for the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. But a good start.
"It was a dark and stormy night..."
something, something wine corks and squirrels...
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Digital sundial. I kind of want one that displays roman numerals.
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Can you tell the time on an analogue clock?
Boost for my sanity
- Yes (98%, 4738 votes)
- No (1%, 69 votes)
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but wot is
time ? 🤔🤷
one has to know the right time of day for peak merkan tourists happening along...
not many merkans around here but tourists, why, yes. 😀
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Time is just a myth perpetuated by the manufacturers of Space.
Time is just a myth perpetuated by the manufacturers of Space.
hey, but space is really big! i mean, you might think it's a long way to the chemist's, but that's nothing compared to space! 🐳🌻
@MsDropbear42 not if you’re desperate for something at the chemist’s! 🤭
@MsDropbear42 @cptbutton Oh, no. Not again.
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"Time is a tool you can put on the wall
Or wear it on your wrist
The past is far behind us;
The future doesn't exist"
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"Time is a tool you can put on the wall
Or wear it on your wrist
The past is far behind us;
The future doesn't exist"
@MelissaBearTrix
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Time takes a cigarette ....
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Vashta Nerada probably more scary
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I was always always terrified of those statues.
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@feather1952 @MsDropbear42 It wasn't just the Angels who were weeping!
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will they ever see our face again?will they ever see our face again?will they ever see our face again?
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I recently started wearing an analogue wristwatch again, so yeah. I got one with numbers rather than indicator marks cus that's my preference, but I CAN use a numberless analouge clock too if I have to.
I am the kid from that one image that's just a drawing of a digital clock with the prompt "draw a clock that shows 10 minutes past 11" so what do you think
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My youngish coworkers are so confused when I use terms like "half past" or "a quarter to"
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I became worse at it over time. But I learned it as a child and can still do it when necessary. Just not as quickly as I used to.
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if they don't teach this in schools anymore I am severely disappointed
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I can't read the time with digital clocks. I look at one, see numbers, brain fizzes out.
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Since I am a left/right leghastenic (,I am right on exactly 50 per cent or as my driving instructor said "this time we'll take the turn to the OTHER left) I need the hours marked. Otherwise I might confuse three with nine ...
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yes but in all honesty it takes me a second to properly comprehend it cuz naturally i think in 24h format time more than 12h format and i kinda have to convert in my head
I sadly have to admit that I always have to think about it. It is not automatic reading a analog clock. Simply the offset in hours to military time is something I always have to convert in my brain.
So I prefer digital clocks or a combination.
Yes, but not always. Sometimes it feels like nonsense.
i clicked no, even though i can, because i hate analog clocks
Can I tell you? Yes. Fast? No. Do i consider it obsolete to not use digital clocks, that just show the numbers directly? Yes.
Its just more convenient to use digital.
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That it is, I have a digital clock that I use to set the time of all other clocks and watches
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@Dexruus some people find reading and calculating hours easier on face clocks. See for instance youtube.com/watch?v=NeopkvAP-a…
@mdione Yeah, thats true and I basically forgot that @TechConnectify has made a video (that I even watched) about that. But to make a point; I never spoke about "banning" the technology either.
Tbh "analogue" watches are also somewhat of an "Accessibility"-layer, since technically "reading" the clock is easier with clockhands, when it comes to disabilities (like memory issues or impairment of vision/brain function, or just simple dyslexia).
And I am ALWAYS for accessibility.
I just can't be on time, on an analogue clock... or a digital clock 😂
I voted yes, but I find digital clocks much more convenient. The digital (24h) representation is pretty much how time is stored in my brain, reading an analog clock requires 'translation' for me to 'get' it, and that after taking longer (a few seconds rather than just a glance) to see what it says. So I'll get by with analog but digital is way more convenient for me.
Interestingly, my husband has it the other way round.
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I have to say, I do like the 24 hours time and digital better, it's easy to set other timepieces by
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Interesting, I grew up with 12h analog and both 12h and 24h digital types of clocks around so they all work for me.
Interesting, I grew up with 12h analog and both 12h and 24h digital types of clocks around so they all work for me.
@Eka_FOOF_A @wynke I'm perfectly OK with analogue 24 hour clocks as well. I hate clocks that are wrong, so my house is filled with clocks that show time derived from atom clocks. All clocks in my house, 'analog' as well as digital are accurate to within milliseconds, and two are accurate to ~50ns from TAI
i can, but my young daughter prefers not to: too much hassle for her 😀
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@paulk even if you have to tell someone else the time?😏
@dxzdb You mean like ten to five in the afternoon instead of 16:50?
Absolutely!
I can, but I always need a second to make sense of it. It's just not intuitive to me
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That's the clock's fault ... It might be too busy ... Hugz
Like the hands are similar and nearly the same size
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Why is this even a question?
Oh right, boost for sanity. Don't tell me. I wanna keep the shreds if mine.
Keep up the great work people ... And sorry if you keep seeing this poll in your feed ... Nah, I'm not ... Giggles
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@stiefkind All my watches are analog.
@phranck Even that one on your oven? And in your car? And on your mobile phone in the upper left corner? I'm deeply impressed 😀
@stiefkind All these aren't watches! 😜
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Whether analogue or digital, it's always time to punch a Nazi 😁
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I honestly try to, but the best guess I've been able to come up with is still 50:50.
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really depends on the design of the clock tbh
if it's just two hands with no digits then yeah no fuck that I'm just looking at the position of the sun to determine the time of day
I know you'd enjoy this video if you haven't already seen it. youtu.be/NeopkvAP-ag
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Thanks for this video. I have always preferred clocks with hands over digital clocks, but couldn't really articulate why. This video clarified it beautifully. I am responding to the visual "progress bar" which lets me see at a glance how long a time has passed and how long still remains and where I am in relation to both. That's it exactly!
Thanks for this video. I have always preferred clocks with hands over digital clocks, but couldn't really articulate why. This video clarified it beautifully. I am responding to the visual "progress bar" which lets me see at a glance how long a time has passed and how long still remains and where I am in relation to both. That's it exactly!
@CommonSparrow Yeah, and I love how he was like "If you're taking the hands and converting them to numbers, yeah analog clocks are kind of bad and stupid... But I'm not doing that." Trying to explain an entirely different way of thinking to people who don't just grasp that there even IS a fundamental difference to be had.
I know young adults who can't do it 🙈
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I can also tell the time on this #Counterclock…
I really should put a new battery in that sometime…
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When I see a reverse clock it gives me a nightmare ... A had a customer that I had to source 30 of them
And all different, pre internet too ... Giggles
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Chortle. I bought one because I was a fan of the Spider Robinson Callahan’s stories.
When I first got it I pulled a classic funny-once prank at work by sneaking in early one morning to replace one of the wall clocks there. The expressions on my co-workers faces as they tried to work past the “DOES NOT COMPUTE” messages their brains were giving them were hilarious.
But it’s very much a funny-ONCE joke, I never did that again. 😀
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@arcadiagt5 Make sure not to put the battery the wrong way around
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Ah. another enjoyer of counterclocks.
When I was young we only had one of those at home. I was better at reading them then I was at reading normal ones. My mom often said it was a Belgian clock due to them being the source of a lot of jokes in the Netherlands.
Now that clock is hanging in my place, confusing all the people that visit.
When I was young we only had one of those at home. I was better at reading them then I was at reading normal ones. My mom often said it was a Belgian clock due to them being the source of a lot of jokes in the Netherlands.
Now that clock is hanging in my place, confusing all the people that visit.
Sometimes I mix up some stuff for whatever reason, also I need longer to read the time on an analog one.
As I was still wearing smart watches I always used an analog watch face as I think they look better as a worn clock than digital ones.
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Clearly I'm the only one who said no. To explain that, I could but I forgot how. The last time I had a tactile/Braille watch was when I was a kid which is a long time ago, and I can't remember which hand is which.
I've always found those watches cumbersome so have used digital ones since.
I've always found those watches cumbersome so have used digital ones since.
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I have a collection of braille and watches for the sight impaired, and yeah they are hard to work out ... Hugz
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Yeah I know people who can do it instantly. Dunno why they call them braille when it's not. I suppose the dots are similarly spaced like the 3 dots to indicate 12.
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That would be nice, but with real diamonds ... Giggles
I've seen pictures of very old pocket watches that used some unusual ways to help sight impaired people to feel the time
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I mean, I _can_ but I feel annoyed about it. When they taught me as a kid I kept thinking "but we can write the numbers now, why do I need to learn to read it this way?". I still mostly feel the same way.
In a sense you could say that an analogue clock is... anachronistic?
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I say no, nope ... No way
I'm finding a lot more people wanting an analogue clocks
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I'm sure that's true, but that doesn't mean there's any deeper reason to use analogue time pieces except as jewelery. I believe it's a lot quicker and more effective to read numbers than to parse a clock with hands.
Doesn't mean I don't appreciate the beauty of a mechanical clock, or that people shouldn't buy them, just... It's not mainly about keeping time, is it? Nothing wrong with that.
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@CarstenBoll I find an analog face much quicker. I usually want to know the time only approximately and that's also easier. And duration: I can see how much time is left to finish teaching my class in a quick glance. For me, digital tire readouts are a regression.
I mean, you do you, but we are not all the same.
And besides, what would I have done all those times when I was depressed lying i bed watching the minute hand move?
I mean, you do you, but we are not all the same.
And besides, what would I have done all those times when I was depressed lying i bed watching the minute hand move?
my kids had issues reading an analogue clock (especially with Roman numerals) until we put one in the living room. They were taught in school but they never had much practical experience.
what are clocks
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I find this clock the easiest to read
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@dwillanski wat about this one youtu.be/et2g6TvcI84?feature=s…
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@Antke won't fit on the windowsill
@dwillanski ah, that will be a problem. Didn't think about that, sorry😂
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You can make one of your own...
@dwillanski mathematical challenge: produce the smallest possible square of letters out of which all times can be produced
I will be able to work out your password, date of birth and shoe size ... Giggles
Because I had a customer that said that they can't ... She finds it very difficult
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@treknor is she dyslexic?
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I mean it takes a lot longer but yeah
Assuming of course it's properly functioning and set...
Speaking of which... Still need to replace that watch battery. Which means getting a battery (probably multiple) for it.
You should just get one and a good brand, even if it's a bit more expensive... It shouldn't leak, it will run longer and it's best not to have "spare" ones, as they only have a short shelf life ... Hugz
And if you need to ask me, I'll help
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As I was typing that, I was wondering if there is any reason to get more than you're likely to use in short time. Because I don't know if they really have much more than a 12 month shelf life (at least in terms of being reasonably likely to give expected life, without leaking).
I actually think it's easier to read time on an analogue clock. Easier to divide duration too.
I once had to explain to someone what the strikes and chimes meant on a clock tower, because they were complaining about it ringing so much.
Another poll showing that we are all Millennials and Gen X here.
@futzle My youngest is 12 and can read analog clocks.
yes, but they make funny noises when I stand on them and look at the digital clock radio...
My accuracy depends on whether or not it's got all 60 of the usual markings around the face.
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just finished this one. Still adjusting to reading the time quickly.
That is a bit of a trick ... Give it a day or three ... Giggles
Do yourself a favour, dust it regularly ... If you have compressed air, make sure it isn't moist or drops when the air comes out
Why, the dust will turn to concrete, and the moisture will swell the "wood"
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It has just 3 wheels (and 2 pinions). The internal teeth mean they all turn the same direction. I am in awe of Clayton Boyer’s design skills - he has built so many wildly different clocks.
And published plans for them all!
I promise to keep dusting mine.
@yourfutureex We have a friend that cannot read analog clocks. She’s a schoolteacher. It’s slightly concerning.
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@yourfutureex In her defense, she’s an art teacher.
But still…
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@Doubleaa As long as there are articles about "how to read military time", I'm not even surprised 🤷♀️
@saramg probably more relevantly, my teenage children can also tell time on an analog clock
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yes I can, but it takes me at least five seconds and an ugly dumb face. 🤣
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@TicklishHoneyBee In primary school I seem to recall a unit in math class about reading time on an analog clock. It continues to be my preferred way of telling time. (I have a watch that has dots on the number positions; I lift the crystal to read it.
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yes, and I believe my kids can too
Well I can repair analog clocks. Mechanical most of the time., quartz it's a replace the timing module. Digital, forget it, unrepairable, fault is usually under that blob of tar on the PCB.
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yes, +/- 12 hours.
Noting I still wear a solar quartz analogue watch on my wrist.
Noting I still wear a solar quartz analogue watch on my wrist.
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yes but it was a near thing
Yes I can, though it can sometimes take a while 😝
I prefer analogue clocks.
No, cause I don't have one. How would I use something I don't have to tell the time? /s
Is your question a serious question, and why question a poll ... Are you one of those people that when someone asks you a question you dismiss them ... Is your question serious ?
And yes it is, I had a client in today that said they couldn't tell the time ... You know what I did, I helped them, and didn't put them down or return with something dismissive
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During my last physical, I was asked to draw hands on a blank clock face to show a specific time. The nurse said that's a standard test they give after you pass a certain age.
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Both of my children can use them too
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i can only tell the time from midnight till noon because it only goes up to 12 
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Follow-up question:
Can you dial a number on a rotary dial phone?
Can you dial a number on a rotary dial phone?
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- WTF is a rotary dial? (0 votes)
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I've noticed it's a bit harder to use a rotary phone than most people who've never used one think. Not hard, but you have to know not to impede the dial as it returns.
You sometimes see people reenacting olde-times who pause to say something with their finger still in the dial half way returned and I think, well that's not going to work!
@duncan_blues yes and I can dial a number on a rotatory dial phone *without* touching the dial. Used to think this was a very cool trick.
@swift @duncan_blues much easier if the number you're calling doesn't have many digits greater than five.
But works well to show why the padlock in the 1 isn't as useful as one might think, even when @Alice isn't around.
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Tried multiple times on this British Telecom 8746 (it is live and connected to a PBX) but without success even for 3 digit extensions, its a late model (from 1980s, they were still in use until mid 1990s) and I think BT may have altered the switchhook design to make this practice harder.
Decided to abandon the experiment in the end before I inadvertently send 112 down the register, and have to tell the Operator "apologies, engineer misdialled emergency number whilst testing VOIP equipment, no Emergency Services required" - which they are generally OK with as its not that uncommon an occurrence, but I'd rather not take up their resources..
yes and I deliberately installed an analog watch face on my smart watch. I much prefer a watch with analog hands over digits. My favorite wrist watch is a purely mechanical one with automatic (self winding up) gears.
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Being 54, yeah, but these days it'll take me a few moments to parse it, as I prefer digital.
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this made me wonder about something... before mechanical time pieces, how did people keep time after the sun went down or on days cloudy enough to make a sundial unreadable?
Surely there were some attempts to keep time under those conditions!
@sysop408 You can use marked candles to some extent?
@lnr I'm not familiar with those. I presume those are candles that are made with segments indicating X number of hours?
Besides reliability how common would these be in pre-industrial times? I heard a podcast once where they tried to illustrate how expensive light was in pre-industrial times by making their own candles the old fashioned way.
@sysop408 It's hard to search for, because I just keep finding links to fake LED candles with timers instead, but this looks like a basic little video on using candles to mark time:
youtube.com/shorts/7VnfdU8hHtg
I think people would have informally marked time to some extent with how long they had to work in the evening before their candle burnt out! Or how long their lamp would burn before needing refilling.
Aha, look:
@lnr OK, wow... that alarm clock bit of trivia in that video was something I didn't not expect!
I actually had wondered a bit about that too. There had to be people who needed some way to wake up reliably before the first rooster crowed.
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M-maybe, with enough time, I can tell time on analog clock. ^^ It's been like 2 years since I've bought my first analogue clock and it run out of batteries twice, so I haven't been using it for a bit. But now I'm returning to it, since my smartphone runs out of batteries too fast too. ^^"
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yes, but I've had a student ask me during a proctored test what time it was, because they couldn't read the clock. I was shocked for a moment, and then realized, this is not what they're being tested on and I should make every effort to remove this barrier. So that's my take on it, in every circumstance where it's not my business, which so far is all of them.
Aah, you mean a normal non-digital clock, Ofc. Though I read it like a 24h one.
Yes but I'm much faster and more accurate with a digital one.
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I answered yes, but many of the freshmen I teach can't.
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I couldn't for a long time and then was very slow for a whole, but surpringly (to myself) I eventually managed to learn.
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Several years ago I wanted to get better at reading analog clocks at a glance, so I set my watch face to analog with no numerals. Forced practice!
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"yes, mostly"
like sight-singing: takes mental capacity to process and is prone to fail.
like sight-singing: takes mental capacity to process and is prone to fail.
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By "analog clock" do you mean one with hands that go around? Or do you mean one with sand that drips from top to bottom?
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@gdinwiddie I have a fairly reliable water clock that goes off at regular intervals overnight
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@hook
Can you?
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@musevg, how is this analogue? It is using base of 5, similar to the face of an analogue clock, but that's about it.
Very cool though, thanks 😄
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@hook It doesn't have digits. So it must be analogue 😁
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it's also much better than digital for doing quick time calculations!
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@badrihippo For me it's the opposite, I'm good at math so digital time calculations are fairly easy for me, while for an analog clock I need to convert it in my head to digital first
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Yes I can!
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I have no idea ... And would think they are people's names ... And how confused I would be every minute ... Giggles
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It's part of the cognitive test, which is fine for now, but they are going to have to change that before the newest generation gets old.
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Yes but I hate it, I switch everything I can to digital. I had a flippy digital (but analogue!) clock as a yout'.
I can, it's just slower than a clock with numbers
I see time in clock faces. I convert digital readouts into analog hands to understand them.
My university, UCL got rid of clocks in our teaching spaces twenty years ago “on ground of cost” (seriously? WTF?) The stress of being time-blind and trying to fit into 50 mins gracefully has plagued me ever since.
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@kookie With some ambiguity over 8/20 etc.
look... people here on fedi are not a representative sample. My bet is on 30-50% of people in western countries can't read the clock in a non self-reported study 🥲
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Can I *be* on time with an analogue clock, or any clock, or any number of clocks? Um.......
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Of course! In fact, I've taken to wearing an analog watch again...
@MxAlba
We have returned to analog watches as well.
We have returned to analog watches as well.
Sometimes I forget to wind it and it falls behind and isn't accurate but generally yes.
Yea, and tho I prefer the numbers, I really like how the analog dials visually show the progression as a cycle, rather than "well you see this one resets to 00 after 59, but this one resets to either 00 after 23, or 01 after 12, flipping the morning/evening indicator one increment earlier"
@Snapai Oh no - I'm sorry… I shouldn't have said “corrected”. Another colour / color moment. 😊
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someone on twitter belives that 24 hours format is used only by soldiers 🥲
as a wearer of a mechanical watch, yes.
i would like to also add: i find analog watchfaces much more intuitive and easier to read than digital ones. like...
takes out phone, turns it on, looks at time, processes what the numbers mean: "what is this?"
looks at wrist: "ah yes, i have overslept"
takes out phone, turns it on, looks at time, processes what the numbers mean: "what is this?"
looks at wrist: "ah yes, i have overslept"
I know the time faster when looking on analog clock (unlike digital).
awawawawawawa i needed some 
My 13 year old is working on it. They kind of had that bit of school maths lessons during covid lockdown, so it didn't sink in very well, but having a big analogue clock in the living room helps a lot.
analog clocks are still installed absolutely everywhere in the real world. not knowing how to read them is almost unfathomable to me, but I don't think schools around here even teach that skill any more
Sometimes I'm embarrassed at how slow I am at reading analogue time, but I suppose I should give myself credit that I *am* still in the demographic of people who manage to get there in the end 😅
Some clocks are harder to read ... I read them all day and some I have to have a dibble take ... Hugz
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Yes on Regular & Reversed clocks.
Reversed ones are easier though being a lefty.
I prefer Roman Numerals or just markers over numbers, partial dyslexia.
Reversed ones are easier though being a lefty.
I prefer Roman Numerals or just markers over numbers, partial dyslexia.
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I don't get why they had to subdivide the smallest division into *four* instead of *five* though! That threw me for a bit 😵💫
yes, but it took me a long time to learn as a kid and i still hate analog clocks
Yes and it feels more… natural? intuitive? 🤷🏻
When I'm doing time mental "math" (for instance to take timezones into account), I always do it through visualizing an analog clock in my mind, it feels easier to mentaly move the hands of the clock than do actual math.
Edit: watched the Technology Connextras shared above and I’m the same as him, that’s a great explanation.
I miss having an analogue watch, I should get a new one…
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interesting to see so many different strong opinions here. Analog and digital are both fine for me, though I imagine I might struggle with a 24h analog clock.
On the other hand I know a few people that can't do digital clocks, which is the opposite of what I'm seeing on fedi...
because fedi is full of NERDS /lh
On the other hand I know a few people that can't do digital clocks, which is the opposite of what I'm seeing on fedi...
because fedi is full of NERDS /lh
no. (i am serious)
something something autism. I dont understand it myself.
yes, but not easily. Like reading something in a language I have only a beginner's grasp of
yes, but not as easily as on a digital clock (I have to actually think about it and it takes a few seconds)
I can get the rough time pretty fast but if you ask me to get the exact time on an analog clock it might take me a couple moments
That's like me ... I use a digital clock with all the watches I have to set ... Hugz
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My daily driver for the last 20 years or so. Love it!
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It's just something you have to keep doing to get good at it ... Hugz ... Have you seen the time teacher clock faces
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I have a *cat* that I swear is teaching herself to read my longcase clock's dial
the other day, it was 11:45 and it chimed the :45 quarter bells, and she was just *staring* at the dial. (note that she is *extremely* dramatic about food, and the automatic dispenser was scheduled to go off at 12:00.)
LMFAO We are the 1%! Fuck analogue clocks!
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Halp! What time is it? How can it be both 12 and 2!?!
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Of course, but let's make it spicy.
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One of my favourite times 4:20pm ... Giggles
It's 4:46 pm ..
Silly me
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@d_a_n_a huzzah 24 hour watches! Who makes that one?
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@d_a_n_a this one's Soviet from Paketa/Raketa... 😁
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Is the outer ring for an alternate time zone? Presumably you turn the bezel to spin that.
Is the outer ring for an alternate time zone? Presumably you turn the bezel to spin that.
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@IanAMartin the second knob adjusts the outer dial. I use the inner dial to show UTC and adjust the outer ring for my local time zone. Helps with correlating server logs.
A lot of watch faces will have double numbers like 12 with a 24 smaller
A lot of the Swiss made them, normally not as a larger production run
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I am very smart and searched "sweden 24 hour watch" and it looks like this is from akerfalk.com/ which is a new one for me. I did some looking into it a while back and only found like.. 5 companies that had made them.
24-Hour Watches from Sweden | Swedish Watch Brand
Explore Akerfalk’s 24-hour watches from Sweden – Scandinavian design that combines simplicity, balance, and timeless style. Shop now with free shipping.Akerfalk
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That's an Akerfalk Second Season, from Sweden.
That's an Akerfalk Second Season, from Sweden.
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@calmeilles no, I can't,
blind user here if it's a talking clock it will tell you or if it's a braille clock/watch??
blind user here if it's a talking clock it will tell you or if it's a braille clock/watch??
Braille watches aren't easy to read ... I've got several and have repaired many ... Hugz
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@calmeilles never used any, i'm glad to hear that means i never wasted my money on them.
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oh xxxxxxxxx????
xxxxxx 😀 😀
thanks for the kisis 😀
talking watches are better
even better than the watches I would say would be talking clocks you can replace the batteries in them far easia than you can with watches.
huggs, huggs, and what's the saying???
oh xxxxxxxxx????
xxxxxx 😀 😀
thanks for the kisis 😀
talking watches are better
even better than the watches I would say would be talking clocks you can replace the batteries in them far easia than you can with watches.
@calmeilles it may sound childish of me but don't change, i love your trademark huggs huggs and xxx at the end of each post, it adds flare to a timeline that has not that kind of spirit.
you can even get clocks that give you the temp.
you can even get clocks that give you the temp.
@calmeilles and for ffs sake don't get me started on UEB!
i was razed in the braille land where you had the the sign the and sign and such not this hybrid where the the sign is no more some rot about it ueb looking more like print sorry, braille is for us to read not to look like a simuler thing to print, ffs.
i was razed in the braille land where you had the the sign the and sign and such not this hybrid where the the sign is no more some rot about it ueb looking more like print sorry, braille is for us to read not to look like a simuler thing to print, ffs.
I have an analogue watch I am wearing right now! I am not a fan of digital clocks.
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Yes, the big hand is currently on the 11 and the little hand is on the 1
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Just gone sodium to neon o'clock.
Yes, this is on my living room wall.
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Yes, I realise that isn't quite how we'd say it for a "normal" clock: just gone five to ten not just gone eleven to ten.
The other reading, just gone sodium past fluorine also doesn't quite work: just gone nine fifty-five not just gone eleven past nine. That's completely different!
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Neon O'Clock sounds like a sweet name for a signage shop.
Neon O'Clock sounds like a sweet name for a signage shop.
@distinctdipole I love the concept, not a fan of the aesthetics but, of course, that's just me.
@distinctdipole That’s awesome, but it feels like each spot should match the color of the elements’ flame tests.
@ruffin I wonder if I can make that modification with some LEDs 🤔
I can, but slowly.
A fun piece of my lore is that I somehow moved from a school where they taught it in the grade above where I was, to one where they had just taught it the previous year - in the same state no less! So I just... never learned, and there were enough digital clocks everywhere in the 80s and 90s that it didn't matter.
I started learning in my 20s, and I still occasionally get unsure and have to count around by 5.
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yes but it's foreign to me now because I'm so used to digital clocks.
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i have recently re-learned how to read them thanks to this little guy
I can, but it's not very useful when most that I encounter aren't working. I don't trust them unless I can see a second hand actually moving. (We have *8* of those cheap plastic analogue clocks up around the main room at work... only problem is, 6 of them need new batteries, and the 2 that don't aren't facing my area so I can't see them. So they're not exactly helpful.)
I can also use 24 hour time (partly cheap digital alarm clock, partly from setting 473636 reminders on my phone for everything) and people think this is a superpower but it really isn't. (It is helpful though. Sometimes 6am and 6pm can look the same in winter.)
I've thought about getting a watch, but I keep remembering how many I ruined in high school by forgetting to take it off before getting into the shower, or getting too much water on it while washing my hands. Smart watches seem too expensive for something at such high risk of being ruined. (And I guess smart pocket watches aren't a thing?)
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I think you can get a pocket watch like a strap for smart watches ... I kind of remember 10 years ago I saw one with my LG smart watch
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@dartigen There's waterproof watches, maybe that could be a good idea for you.
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Waterproof is a myth ... Water resistant yes ... And truthfully I wouldn't take any watch into the water these days
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I’ve developed a habit of reading digital clocks as if they were analog: quarter ’til the hour, half past, and such.
Most of the time, 15 minutes of precision is plenty, and it’s easier to recall later what time it was when I checked.
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FWIW, I use an analogue face with a sweep second hand on my Apple Watch because I’m closer than I care to admit to qualifying for a seniors’ discount at a lot of places. That being said, having access to weather data, fitness tracking, an alarm clock, and a countdown timer on my hot corners is rather useful, too.
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At least they don't complain about arabic numbers like I have had a customer do ... Crazy
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@amd
The original design was by Clayton Boyer in Hawaii.
lisaboyer.com/Claytonsite/Clay…
I started with his Leeds clock and modified it a little. It’s the third one of his I have built. Other people have built amazing versions of his clocks but mine are more basic.
I have at least one person ask if it was battery powered, since they couldn’t see any power cord.
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Come on let's get to 5000 votes ... 💋
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been able to since i can remember despite being born in 2007, aka more closer to the time period where people havent been able to. i will never understand how they cant
Thank you all ... Hugz
The comments and replies are what we are here for ... And you all never let me down ... 💋
Keep up the great work !
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A pleasure, dear.
Hesitantly, reluctantly, Helen slipped out of a slim, tightwaisted waspy and stood naked in the moonlight before me. Somewhere a clock chimed three. An owl hooted in the nearby copse. No wind stirred the casement window. She stood in the pale, translucent light on the Persian carpet. A minute passed. Then another. Then, another minute. Then... another minute passed. Then another minute passed. And another. A further minute passed quickly, followed by another minute, when suddenly, a different minute passed, followed by another different minute. And another. And yet another further different minute. A minute passed. I glanced at my watch. It was a minute past. This was it. A minute passed. After a moment, another minute passed. I waited a minute while a minute passed quickly past. And then, a minute which seemed to last an hour but was only a minute... passed.
So, what we can glean from this poll is that Fedi is full of old people. 😂
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You may be old ... I see myself as old yet ... Giggles
But yeah, we need to get more of the youths here
Giggles
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I wonder how many of the 1% who voted no are dyslexic. My sister has dyslexia and she couldn't read analog clocks till she was almost a teen. She still kinda struggles with them from time to time
(Tho that's not to suggest dyslexia automagically prevents one from reading them, just part of my sister's struggles with it)
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I would think a lot of the dyslexic people voted yes, even tho it takes a bit long to double and triple check ... Hugz
I for one is dyslexic
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1.5% can't?
Yep ... There are the ones that like to kid with me, 0.25 %, and the rest that can't ... Hugz
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I mean, we are on the fedi, and it's a poll from someone who repairs watches, but honestly I am really surprised it's that low (especially since folk will go, "well nope, nuh uh..." when really they do...)
It took me a second to adjust to the dial ... Giggles
My brain went hey what's the 6 doing there ... Giggles
Hugz & xXx
@queenofnewyork I missed the vote, but yes! I can also read cursive.
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@queenofnewyork Ancient!
I think it was Jimmy Kimmel who did a segment the other night getting young people to write in cursive and it was pretty hilarious. I know I can read it, but I'm not sure if I can remember all the letters, especially some of the capitals.
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@mlanger I was writing a scene for my book where the protagonist has to sign his name, which he only re-learned a few days ago, and I was imagining how all the letters were formed, and I was like "I THINK this is how the capital J goes..." 😁
It's a bit like that ... I would just do a fancy J and then move on ... Giggles
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@mlanger I actually lost the ability to write English cursive when I learned Russian, since we "wrote" instead of "printed" (per older English definitions). I can still sign my name, but anything else, I cannot remember which version of which letter is which. 😀
I can read an analogue, but my brain stalls for a moment as soon as someone says something like "a quarter till" while the only clock near is a digital. Your really asking me to on the spot to do division with an already weird 60:1 system lol
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Can you tell time by the sun? Not a sundial, but by glancing at the sun overhead. I'm shit at it now, but playing outside as a kid, I was better than half an hour. Lunch break is nearly over or time to head home.
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Digital sundial. I kind of want one that displays roman numerals.
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but correctly ?
yeah, but it takes some mental effort . it's not like i glance at it and immediately know
I have discovered that the easiest way for me to tell time is analogue clock with Roman numerals, because it's even clearer what side is lopsided in what way then.
I have dyscalculia, that probably factors in. I /can/ read digital clocks, but it's far harder and takes longer and the chance I misread it goes up by a lot.
well I'm not used to it and it might take me some time but I know how.
yes but I have to count manually.
yes but I'm out of practice and it takes me a second to do
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This is the clock on my phone.
On the really large ones I can. The smaller ones break when I get on them.
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I've got at least five of them in my house.
I would love to get mechanical pendulum clock.
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I wish that I had my grandparent's key-wound kitchen clock.
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That's just the truth and how we are.
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Fun fact: Bonobo monkeys,
who we share 98.7% of our
DNA with, are matriarchal
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This is the challenge for humanity, to figure out how to overcome our primitive instincts.
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in reply to Vee • • •Unfortunately, power also corrupts women, but I do think (without having any proof of it) that women are generally less susceptible to corruption.
Here in Iceland we have a female President, all three leading political parties are lead by women (they call themselves “the valkyries”), the major of our only city is a woman as well and then some of the chiefs of police for various regions are women too. Most of them are doing an excellent job but a couple have been caught abusing their power. I think it just shows how alike the sexes really are. No one is from Mars and no one is from Venus, we’re all humans with our individual strengths and flaws.
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Okey dokey, here we go.
Firstly, Bonobo are chimpanzees, not monkeys. Chimpanzees are apes and part of the Hominidae family while to get to common relatives you have to move up to the order of primates before you get monkeys and apes in the same family tree so to speak.
While bonobos are known for using sexual behavior to resolve conflict, they have the capacity to be just as lethal as any other chimpanzee and there are far more than just one record of them killing their own.
Primate scientists are actually reconsidering some of the original works that labeled them as more peaceful than other chimpanzees as a recent study showed that the wild bonobos in the Kokolopori Bonobo Reserve were almost three times as violent as other chimpanzees (measured by recorded incidents of punching, kicking, and biting).
Interestingly, group acts of aggression are almost exclusively led by female Bonobo while solo acts of aggression were more commonly carried out by males.
They are definitely less prone to infanticide than other chimpanzees, but again it's been recorded before and they do kill infant chimps of rival groups, just at a much smaller rate than with other chimpanzees.
Anyway...all that being said, I am a huge proponent of people beating the absolute shite out of any of the people found in the Epstein Files to have been a part of the horrible things that were enabled by Epstein and his money. We just don't need to make things up to do so. That all can happen entirely on its own without made-up facts about Bonobos.
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