GiuseppeAndTheYetitoShowerthoughts@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-squarearrow-up1451arrow-down120message-square169fedilink
arrow-up1431arrow-down1message-squareI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.GiuseppeAndTheYetitoShowerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish·7 months agomessage-square169fedilink
minus-squareFeathercrownEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·7 months agolinkfedilink fractions of 12 are unintuitive Really? I’ve always found them very pleasing.
minus-squareBobarrow-up10arrow-down0·7 months agolinkfedilinkThey chose 12 precisely because it’s easy to divide!
minus-squareThistledownEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down0·7 months agolinkfedilinkI wish our numeric system was base 12 instead of base 10!
minus-squareRevan343arrow-up3arrow-down0·7 months agolinkfedilinkYou’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-squarekeyEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down0·7 months agoedit-27 months agolinkfedilinkThat 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. 😆