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02/22/24 6:03:03 PM
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Cruciferous
02/22/24 6:53:36 PM
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lmao anything more than 12 in the hour u just subtract 12

How hard is it to understand

If you can't even do this what would we even talk about? The weather?

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MFBKBass5
02/22/24 6:54:52 PM
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Why would you even use military time when you could use UCT lmao

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Cruciferous
02/22/24 6:56:19 PM
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MFBKBass5 posted...
Why would you even use military time when you could use UCT lmao
serious answer

when I was doing night shifts, sometimes I'd wake up and not know whether it was daytime or afternoon because I also live in Seattle and our sun moves weird.

So military time allowed me to instantly tell night or day right after waking up.

It also removes ambiguity.

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Irrelevant
02/22/24 6:57:45 PM
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I'm American and I think the 24 hour thing is better. It's 22 o'clock people time to leave!

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MFBKBass5
02/22/24 6:58:24 PM
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Cruciferous posted...
serious answer

when I was doing night shifts, sometimes I'd wake up and not know whether it was daytime or afternoon because I also live in Seattle and our sun moves weird.

So military time allowed me to instantly tell night or day right after waking up.

It also removes ambiguity.

time is just a construct man


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-ZIO-
02/22/24 6:58:34 PM
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Guess I'm stupid, then.

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MartavisBryant
02/22/24 6:58:42 PM
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Sundial or GTFO

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Cruciferous
02/22/24 6:59:22 PM
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MFBKBass5 posted...
time is just a construct man
yes but I also need to be able to interact with the rest of society and move on their schedule centered around the earth's revolution and rotation around the sun

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Cruciferous
02/22/24 7:01:52 PM
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-ZIO- posted...
Guess I'm stupid, then.
no way homie
u can learn

don't admit defeat

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ArkhamOrigins
02/22/24 7:04:15 PM
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Ahhh so now you know what it's like for the rest of us to read your topics

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ROBANN_88
02/22/24 7:06:50 PM
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"military time" is such a weird name for it

it's just the 24 hour clock

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ROBANN_88
02/22/24 7:08:05 PM
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Cruciferous posted...
I also live in Seattle and our sun moves weird.

what does that even mean?
it's the same sun as everywhere else

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Hayame_Zero
02/22/24 7:10:54 PM
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I can, but I have to count it out.

But I have to do that with hands on analog clocks and simple addition as well (I still have to count on my fingers for something like 8+7)

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Cruciferous
02/22/24 7:17:51 PM
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ArkhamOrigins posted...
Ahhh so now you know what it's like for the rest of us to read your topics
like which ones?

ROBANN_88 posted...
"military time" is such a weird name for it

it's just the 24 hour clock
yeah I forgot the generic name for it lol
it's because most people associate it with military, at least in the USA, and also i grew up in that environment.

Hayame_Zero posted...
I can, but I have to count it out.

But I have to do that with hands on analog clocks and simple addition as well (I still have to count on my fingers for something like 8+7)
you can still do it
that's enough

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R1masher
02/22/24 7:19:14 PM
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There aint no time like the present

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ROBANN_88
02/22/24 7:19:27 PM
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Cruciferous posted...
yeah I forgot the generic name for it lol
it's because most people associate it with military, at least in the USA, and also i grew up in that environment.

i know
i'm not bashing you for using a stupid term, neccessarily.

i'm bashing the entire US for it

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C_Pain
02/22/24 7:20:31 PM
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I can do it but I'd prefer not to. Why would I want to subtract 12 when I can just use non-military time and know the time that much quicker?

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Thud
02/22/24 7:20:46 PM
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ROBANN_88 posted...
what does that even mean?
it's the same sun as everywhere else

IDK about Seattle, but in Alaska in the summer the sun doesn't really go down. You could wake up after a hard deep sleep and heavy night of drinking and have no fucking idea if it was 3pm, 6pm, or 1am

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HBKick18
02/22/24 7:21:23 PM
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no u

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Cruciferous
02/22/24 7:22:13 PM
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Thud posted...
IDK about Seattle, but in Alaska in the summer the sun doesn't really go down. You could wake up after a hard deep sleep and heavy night of drinking and have no fucking idea if it was 3pm, 6pm, or 1am
we have a similar issue
It'll be bright as hell at 8:00pm and you'd be struggling to tell if it's day or night if you just woke up

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ROBANN_88
02/22/24 7:24:38 PM
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Seattle isn't that far North, it's on the same level as Switzerland
that's barely North at all

edit: sorry, i'm being North elitist for absolutely no reason there

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PsychicHippo
02/22/24 7:28:00 PM
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I like to think I'm kind enough to not call someone stupid, but yeah, I don't see why people don't get it.

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Cruciferous
02/22/24 7:33:11 PM
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ROBANN_88 posted...
Seattle isn't that far North, it's on the same level as Switzerland
that's barely North at all

edit: sorry, i'm being North elitist for absolutely no reason there
LMAO

You know I thought the same thing, then I had my first summer here where the sun was still in the sky after 9pm

Wild stuff, latitudes

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Devilanse333
02/22/24 7:40:52 PM
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Cruciferous posted...
LMAO

You know I thought the same thing, then I had my first summer here where the sun was still in the sky after 9pm

Wild stuff, latitudes

That is normal for the summer season. Your sun does not move weird.

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Kradek
02/22/24 7:44:59 PM
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ROBANN_88 posted...
"military time" is such a weird name for it

it's just the 24 hour clock

Reminds me of a comment I saw on IG the other day in regards to the issue:

Rest of the world: Normal Time
America: Military Time

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Cruciferous
02/22/24 7:45:16 PM
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Devilanse333 posted...
That is normal for the summer season. Your sun does not move weird.
my almanac says Dallas sunset is at 830 in the peak of summer

shut the fuck up

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mustachedmystic
02/22/24 7:54:24 PM
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ROBANN_88 posted...
"military time" is such a weird name for it

it's just the 24 hour clock
Sure it seems weird to you, you must live somewhere that is not America. Here, no one but the DOD(military) uses a 24 hour clock.

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ModernPost
02/22/24 7:55:51 PM
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ArkhamOrigins posted...
Ahhh so now you know what it's like for the rest of us to read your topics
Got 'em.

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02/22/24 8:02:07 PM
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modena
02/22/24 8:11:49 PM
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Cruciferous posted...
my almanac says Dallas sunset is at 830 in the peak of summer

shut the fuck up
What time is the latest in Seattle? My brother lives there, and I live in Dallas. Also spent 4 months in Alaska.

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Cruciferous
02/22/24 8:13:44 PM
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modena posted...
What time is the latest in Seattle? My brother lives there, and I live in Dallas. Also spent 4 months in Alaska.
not gonna consult another almanac but I swear I've seen the sun bright up in the sky past 930

so probably not that much longer than the rest of the country honestly lol

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Dark_Arbron
02/22/24 8:16:05 PM
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mustachedmystic posted...
Sure it seems weird to you, you must live somewhere that is not America. Here, no one but the DOD(military) uses a 24 hour clock.

In Australia its used in the security industry as well. Im gonna guess that police and possibly firefighters and paramedics use it too.

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modena
02/22/24 8:17:00 PM
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mustachedmystic posted...
Sure it seems weird to you, you must live somewhere that is not America. Here, no one but the DOD(military) uses a 24 hour clock.
I would add government in general that. My job in Aerospace moved to government standards about a year ago.

But yeah, it was awful trying to get people to understand it. We had to post pages of 0800=8am ect all over for doing our time work.

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Dark_Arbron
02/22/24 8:17:40 PM
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modena posted...
I would add government in general that. My job in Aerospace moved to government standards about a year ago.

But yeah, it was awful trying to get people to understand it. We had to post pages of 0800=8am ect all over for doing our time work.

Add it to the list of things that should be taught in school.


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NeonOPPAl
02/22/24 8:18:54 PM
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I use military time all the time for my job. It's honestly way more useful than 12 hour time

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TetsuoS2
02/22/24 8:19:28 PM
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24hr makes it so people dont have to think about 12am/pm.

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Cruciferous
02/22/24 8:28:22 PM
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TetsuoS2 posted...
24hr makes it so people dont have to think about 12am/pm.
yeah this is what I meant about removing ambiguity

Still, not important enough for Americans to care

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BlueBoy675
02/22/24 8:39:10 PM
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I work in a hospital and we use military time.

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IceCreamOnStero
02/22/24 8:43:02 PM
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I've been using 24H and 12H time interchangeably pretty much my entire life. Are there seriously people who can't use one of them?

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StealThisSheen
02/22/24 8:43:58 PM
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Cruciferous posted...
serious answer

when I was doing night shifts, sometimes I'd wake up and not know whether it was daytime or afternoon because I also live in Seattle and our sun moves weird.

So military time allowed me to instantly tell night or day right after waking up.

It also removes ambiguity.

You can't tell the difference between day and night, yet you're calling other people stupid?

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masterbarf
02/22/24 8:49:41 PM
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Everything at my previous job was done in military time.

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Cruciferous
02/22/24 8:53:14 PM
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StealThisSheen posted...
You can't tell the difference between day and night, yet you're calling other people stupid?
don't worry, I have trouble recognizing when people are joking too

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ablegator
02/22/24 8:54:17 PM
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StealThisSheen posted...
You can't tell the difference between day and night, yet you're calling other people stupid?
He just learned to count past twelve so give him a break.

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lydiaquayle
02/22/24 8:54:51 PM
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Cruciferous posted...
lmao anything more than 12 in the hour u just subtract 12
How hard is it to understand
The point is to say things quickly and clearly, and communicate. Seconds matter. Spending an extra 5 seconds per instance, per person, every day to tell someone pm or am, is wasted time, if you add everything up.

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lydiaquayle
02/22/24 8:57:41 PM
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StealThisSheen posted...
You can't tell the difference between day and night, yet you're calling other people stupid?
Sometimes 6pm and 6am is pitch dark. So instead of wasting time trying to ask morning/evening, you get the exact time, no confusion. This is especially important when you're communicating life/death situations and don't have time fumbling around with extra questions.

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Prototypic
02/22/24 8:59:45 PM
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I don't think most people who say that are actually unable to convert the time, they're just lazy and don't want to think about it, and it's not as ingrained in most of us as the 12-hour clock. Like, if I see or hear "17:00", I don't immediately make the same assumptions and connections I do if I hear "5:00", I have to convert to the 12-hour clock to get there.

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