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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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I hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace. (midwest.social)

submitted 6 months ago by GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

OP didn’t say anything about reading time off a digital clock.

What about the opposite scenario of reporting the time you read off an analog clock? Would you translate to digital first?

In your specific scenario, sure, it would require extra work to convert it, so I’d just read it as is.

But when making plans, and especially spans between two different times, my brain thinks of time as portions of a pie chart, and I’d have to translate 3/4 to 45 minutes.