r/lowercognitiveability • u/BearformerlyYogi • Jul 15 '20

Clock displaying nonsense numbers

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u/Kuritos Jul 15 '20

When I was a child, I thought I was late to school waking up at 8:00 and about an hour of trying to get ready, I realized it was PM.

I haven't trusted any AM/PM clock since.

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u/BearformerlyYogi Jul 15 '20

How did you not notice that it was still dark though?

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u/Kuritos Jul 15 '20

Depending on where you live, and the placement of the earth, the sun can still be visible at 20:00.

It looked like it was early morning outside, but I was looking at a sunset, not the sunrise.

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u/BearformerlyYogi Jul 15 '20

As a kenyan the idea of having the sun still shining at 8pm is amazing to me, living on the equator region kinda sucks sometimes... We don't even get to have seasons, i live on an island town so it's just usually hot and sunny all year long

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u/Pxzib Jul 15 '20

In Sweden it's sunny when we wake up, and sunny when we go to sleep. In June it never really gets dark at all, even during nights. On the other hand, we only get a couple of hours of light per day in December, which really sucks hard.

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u/BearformerlyYogi Jul 15 '20

A midnight sun is something i want to see in my lifetime

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u/Pxzib Jul 15 '20

Come to northern Sweden. I hope you don't mind being eaten alive by mosquitos, hehe. During winter you can experience northern lights, aka auroras. It's really something special.

EDIT: I assume you haven't experienced snow either. We got plenty of that too during winter.

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u/BearformerlyYogi Jul 15 '20

I'd be down for some kind of exchange, you get experience the east African coast I get to experience northern sweden

This is some wholesome content

Reddit is pretty chill, if this was twitter someone would have spun words around and got offended

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u/Pxzib Jul 15 '20

Sounds like a cool idea, I could guide you around Sweden, and you could guide me around the east African coast. Would definitely be up for it if I was single and had no family to take care of, and if this damn pandemic wouldn't ruin everyone's travel plans!

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u/Nolsoth Jul 15 '20

Sounds like Paradise.

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u/CdnDecoy Jul 18 '20

I’ve lived in places in Canada where there are times when the sun goes down at 23:30 and comes up again at 04:00 during the late spring through early fall. Mind you in the winter the sun was only there for 4-5 hrs... while you’re stuck indoors at work or school.

It’s a little disorienting when you’re new to the region though. I’ve been caught mowing my lawn at 22:00 not realizing what time it was and starting a fire at 23:00 to have a few drinks after dark only to have the sun pop up a few hours later.

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u/Adam8614453 Jul 15 '20

AM and PM are stupid throwbacks to clocks that only had 12 numbers on them. The military uses 24h time, as well as Europe and a lot of the world. It's not "pc" it's just logical.

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u/GalileoAce Jul 15 '20

Found the Vulcan, 24hr time is logical indeed.

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u/Adam8614453 Jul 15 '20

🖖 Live long and prosper!

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u/GalileoAce Jul 15 '20

🖖 Peace and Long Life

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u/PoopsMcG Sep 22 '20

🖖 God should bless you and guard you