GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.message-squaremessage-square166fedilinkarrow-up1431arrow-down120
arrow-up1411arrow-down1message-squareI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square166fedilink
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·7 months ago fractions of 12 are unintuitive Really? I’ve always found them very pleasing.
minus-squareBob@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·7 months agoThey chose 12 precisely because it’s easy to divide!
minus-squareThistledown@rblind.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoI wish our numeric system was base 12 instead of base 10!
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoYou’re on Lemmy, of course you like fractions of 12. It is a very convenient base, having so many factors, but most people don’t think like that
minus-squarekeyAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 months agoThat might be the most obscure stereotype I’ve ever read. 😆
Really? I’ve always found them very pleasing.
They chose 12 precisely because it’s easy to divide!
I wish our numeric system was base 12 instead of base 10!
You’re on Lemmy, of course you like fractions of 12. It is a very convenient base, having so many factors, but most people don’t think like that
That might be the most obscure stereotype I’ve ever read. 😆