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Casual time dyslexia (hackertalks.com)

submitted 5 months ago by jet@hackertalks.com to c/casualconversation@lemm.ee

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As a child I grew up on a 12 hour clock.

18-20 I had to learn 24 hour clock and use it all the time (heh).

Now as an adult I try to stay 24h but I still mentally swap 24h to 12h in my head.

So I look at the clock see 13:00 and think ok it's 1:00pm.

So far, so good.... When on a treadmill/bike watching the timer go up, I sometimes have mild confusion.

I'm doing 15:00 on this machine, ok the timer says 13:00... I have 4 minutes left. I realize my quick math and time recognition frameworks are colliding. The 13:00 gets quick swapped to a 1, and I then I do 5-1.. I've noticed this on multiple days, even though I know it's wrong.

Not sure of the right term for this, anyone else have this kind of coding confusion?

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh that's a great idea! I've never heard of it before.

Are there physical clocks that represent this?

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

I know they exist but haven't found any in person.