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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)
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[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

If your mental model of time is based on analog clocks, then when looking at a digital clock you have to translate it back to clock hands to know what it means, and that's slower than immediately seeing the analog clock face.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sure, but it's stupid to tell kids "objectively, analog is easier", especially when those kids most likely grew up with digital clocks.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah, absolutely.