At least we're not mixing in letters

At least our hours are the same length regardless of latitude now, so let's be grateful for that.

IIRC they counted the bones in their fingers using their thumb and that gives 12. The first sundial was around the equator and there is always light for half a day, so half a day becomes 12 hours.

To count large numbers often one hand was used to count using 5 fingers and the other to count the bones, so you get 5x12 for 60 minutes.

The french:

I only recently learned the etymology of the word: "second"

Its name comes from being the "second" division of the hour, with the minute being the first.

Don't listen to OP's bullshit.

They work for big clock. They're trying to convince you 12 hour clock is useless so they can sell you double the clock.

Clocks should use 24h format. AM/PM is completely useless.

We have Babylon to thank for this

Sundials.

Now if you want to get really pissed, the magnetic North Pole is actually the South Pole of the Earth’s magnetic field. We call it the North Pole because the north side of a magnet points to it.

Somebody never had a clock with roman numerals and it shows

I remember getting into an argument with a grade school teacher over IIII because most such clocks put that for 4 instead of IV because of some fuckin reason

When I become dictator of the world, this will be the new time unit: https://metric-time.com/

The year will also have 13 months: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Fixed_Calendar

The year will be 12025: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_calendar

Because these things just make more sense. You will thank me after a few generations, because habits are hard to change.

The 6 means 30, both of which also mean 1/2

Also why clockwise?

Earth rotates and orbits counter clockwise. It just seems more right

If you want to be mad about time then I'd like to introduce you to a little thing I like to call the Gregorian calendar.

sub.wetshaving.social?

What is this?

Well it’s because noon means nine because the day starts at six o’ clock, so three is noon, but we use it to mean twelve which is closer to midday, obviously

Hour hand -> hour = n
Minute hand -> minute = n * 5
It makes sense, there's just an algorithm attached to each pointer.

Hour -> 3 = 3
Minute -> 3 = 3 * 5 = 15

I'll be there at H:00.

In Ethiopia they still use the tradition time where the day starts at the 1:00 which is our 6am. Then 12:00 is our 6PM, and it starts over. So they have 2 cycles of 12 hours, one for daytime, and one for night time. And it felt somewhat more intuitively in conversation too.

I say we divide the day into 100 sections. No reason really I just think it’d be cool to party until 100 o’clock.

Also see this: https://gist.github.com/timvisee/fcda9bbdff88d45cc9061606b4b923ca

It amazingly explains all the insanities for handling dates and times.

"At least we're not mixing in letters"

Don't forget about π

The clocks that use Roman numerals mix in letters.

There's Metric / Decimal Time.

Next time someone makes a post praising the metric system and making fun of people for using imperial units, feel free to call them out as a filthy casual for using a 24-hour clock.

German has a word for it: historisch gewachsen

This sounds like the "Jason, Jason, Jason" YouTube guy's conversations.

Don't talk shit about duodecimal 😠

6 means 30 is some toilet paper math

For some reason I heard this in a combination of the voices of Mitch Hedberg, and Nate Bargatze as George Washington.

A lot of people white knighting clocks in this thread

Sounds like a Michael McIntyre bit

https://youtu.be/0QVPUIRGthI

This is basically a standup routine

If the day started at 1:00 then by the second hour you would be at 2:00, even though only 1 hour has passed. Effectively the day starts at 0. In fact in 24-hour time that is how it's depicted, 00:00 with midday being depicted as 12:00, so it isn't confusing