How come Americans can't use a 24hour clock

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Are they dumb?

[Ulfrinn]

I use old school style digital watches, like 1980s/90s style Casio. Their AM/PM indicators are quite small so I tend to keep them in 24h mode. Many people also prefer analog, which, while 24h versions do exist, they are pretty rare. Most people can tell AM or PM by how much daylight their is though. I guess if someone never goes outside, that could be a problem.

[Stingray_tm]

Originally posted by Birds:

you've been raised from birth to believe metric is better just because it uses base 10, and you don't understand thirds as whole units anyway.

The benefits of the metric system is that it is consistent across the board with all units.

1 Kilogram: 1000 grams
1 Kilometer: 1000 meters
1 Kilojoule: 1000 joules

1 Ton: 2240 Pounds
1 Mile: 1760 yards
1 Gallon: 4 Quarts

Also we use base 10 in mathematics and daily life. So metric system is easier to apply since it is in allignment with the way we write out numbers. Customary units are always translated into base 10 when writing them. If they were consistent, Quarts to Gallons would use a base 4 notation. But it doesn't.

[swillfly]

amazing!

zer0 thread SOLVED by author's follow-up question

[Fuki]

♥♥♥♥ 24 HOUR TIME!

[SHAZBOT]

its so easy, if the number doesnt make sense, take 12 off of it.

you can really take 2 hours off and figure out the answer quicker in your head that way.


sometimes americas need extra help

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5xXKTCoWMc

[Ocelote.12]

Why don't all people on Earth use 2024/09/08 date format? (YYYY/MM/DD). It's best for sorting.

[Kargor]

Originally posted by ghost:

How come Americans can't use a 24hour clock

Similar to the metric units vs. imperial, it's a matter of what's generally used in a country.

I wouldn't call it "dumb" -- in fact, even though we use both 12 hour and 24 hour clocks simultaneously (all these clocks with hands are 12 hour!), when it comes to AM/PM I always have to check what 12 am/pm actually are. Because, yes, with clockhands, I just know whether its noon or midnight.

So, as a matter of fact, the 24-hour clock is simpler, because it does not have this kind of ambiguity -- it just goes from 0:00:00 to 23:59:59. As such, the 24-hour clock is actually EASIER to use for dumb people such as myself.

So, I guess, the real question is why the Americans still use the AM/PM clock...

[Stingray_tm]

Originally posted by Kargor:

So, I guess, the real question is why the Americans still use the AM/PM clock...

Probably American Exceptionalism.

[Ocelote.12]

Originally posted by Stingray_tm:

Originally posted by Kargor:

So, I guess, the real question is why the Americans still use the AM/PM clock...

Probably American Exceptionalism.

Probably same reason they play baseball and American football and use Imperial size units. And temperature in Fahrenheit.

[Xero_Daxter]

I can read both so your argument is invalid. And it’s not hard for someone to learn military time either. Instead of 12 and 12 it’s 24.

[De Hollandse Ezel]

whats worse kids these days yes even dutch kids can't read a classic analog clock.

while in our age spotting where the arms of the clock were pointing and tell the time was tought to toddlers at preelementry school.

and we still wear annalog watches.

today kids apeatly are only used to check time on their phones..
dumb dumbs.

its just as they cannot read maps properly and are abysmal in calculating chance when paying cash.
skills we also used to learn to toddlers.

[Swarmfly]

More hours, more time for gaming.

[Rio]

just cuz i can use it, don't mean I like it.

[Shadow]

Originally posted by blacksunchaos:

It's 12:12 Zulu, chief.

shaka zulu?

[vkobe]

Originally posted by Ocelote.12:

Why don't all people on Earth use 2024/09/08 date format? (YYYY/MM/DD). It's best for sorting.

because is fun to use m/d/y