As a German I haven't met a single person that can't understand the 24 hour clock. However, the skill to read an analog clock is endangered. Love this video!
@Ayverie4
Ай бұрын
Americans don't usually use it, we call it "military time" cause the military are mostly the only ones who do
@TarynRMartin
Ай бұрын
It’s prob because you all were raised on “military time.” In the US, we learn up to 12:59 p.m. and then it starts over at 1:00 a.m. I have to actively subtract twelve (in my head) in order to make 24 hour time mean anything to my little American brain. 🇺🇸
@valhatan3907
Ай бұрын
Reading analogue clock is endangered?? Tf??
@thesocialmisfit
Ай бұрын
Reading the analog clock is not a skill. It's basic necessity. Really sad if this is the direction in which we are moving and it won't be long before this will apply to the whole world. People being able to tell time with only the digital clocks and no other way. Isn't it essential to be able to tell the time in all available ways? Analog, 24 hour, 12 hour.
@annidaskuken3487
Ай бұрын
@@thesocialmisfiti’m 16 and i do know a few people who can’t read the clock my age. for me, it just takes a few secs. i think that’s just because we aren’t used to it. we always just check our phone.
@Joel--yr6me
Ай бұрын
My phone is in 24-hour time and I'm American. I was scrolling through settings and saw that it was an option and thought why not. I like it a lot and now I have the skill of reading it quickly
@pageturner2958
Ай бұрын
Me too. It definitely is an exposure thing. I think what most people don't get in these "why don't [x] people use [y] system instead of [x] system" is that those people understand their system. For example, no amount of "0 is freezing and 100 is boiling" is going to tell me what to wear in 20°C because I have only learned to connect Fahrenheit to how it feels outside So in the beginning, I could math out that 20 = 8 pm, but it took me longer to instantly connect 20 to evening
@mynameisreallycool1
Ай бұрын
That's exactly what I did too (I'm also American).
@Veorike
Ай бұрын
I used to subtract by 12 but I can almost tell the time instantly now
@Rosefire_15Official
Ай бұрын
Smart
@sumbunny2009
Ай бұрын
I'm the opposite, when someone tells me the time in 12h clock my brain malfunctions lol
@Motishay
Ай бұрын
Lol same
@DKCGamerGirl
Ай бұрын
It baffels me that some people find a 24 hour clock so confusing.... Once you get used it it, it's honestly so much easier than trying to figure out if a time is 3am or 3pm... I learned it years ago, set all my clocks that way, and could never go back.
@Ayverie4
Ай бұрын
Yes, sometimes subtracting 2 is actually too much to ask of my brain 🤔🤷♀️
@Supermateo97
Ай бұрын
I thank Pokémon for getting accustomed to the 24-hr clock lmao
@kanjakan
Ай бұрын
Super easy tip: For numbers less than 22, just subtract 2 and drop the leading digit. For numbers more than or equal to 22, subtract 2 as usual but replace the leading digit with a 1 instead of a 2. Examples: Less than 22 case: 18 - 2 = 16 ---- drop the leading digit -----> 6 PM At least 22 case: 23 - 2 = 21 ---- replace leading digit with 1 -----> 11 PM
@_sogar
Ай бұрын
Yup that's how i have conditioned my brain to remember it too. Although at this point, my brain just knows what 16:00 is 😅
@MarsellusWallace
Ай бұрын
I don't know...a flow chart of "if lower than X, subtract Y, drop the Z" seems more complicated than a simple "subtract 12". 23 minus 12. Boom, 11 o'clock. 19 minus 12. Boom, 7 o'clock.
@kanjakan
Ай бұрын
@@MarsellusWallace I'm very bad at mental arithmetic (yes that bad), so subtracting 12 is significantly slower for me.
@sentienttapioca5409
Ай бұрын
As someone who just has the 24 hour clock ingrained in my brain, I have to hand it to you for making it sound confusing lmao
@akagi4486
Ай бұрын
I was so shocked to find out recently that many/most americans can't read a clock or cursive, when here in my country it's common knowledge, even children learn to read the time - both 24h clocks and analog clocks - and learn to write in cursive in school as they learn to read. I legit thought it was common knowledge in the entire world. Are there other countries besides the USA that can't read 24h clocks, or is it just an USA thing, like not using Celsius? /gen
@ARedFeather
Ай бұрын
An American thing
@galactic-anime
Ай бұрын
We need someone to talk about how no one can read an analog clock 😢 I’m like the only one in my class
@KlaraL-_-
Ай бұрын
Not understanding this seems so alien to me. I grew up with this system, I see it everywhere I go. It´s way practical because the counting just goes on, you don´t have to start anew after noon. Using the 12h system seems too simple to the point that it´s confusing.
@SiiriCressey
Ай бұрын
"I grew up with this system, I see it everywhere I go" I think those are key.
@KlaraL-_-
Ай бұрын
@@SiiriCressey Yeah, I know. That´s why I put the sentence there. I think it´s like this with everyone.
@NormalPerson_exe
Ай бұрын
that’s actually so real though, i cant read a 24 hour clock to save my life😭✋
@Scalooosh1
Ай бұрын
Subtract 2. And if you still don’t know, subtract 10 for the full 12.
@ianpgmusicfanfictionart
Ай бұрын
Same
@Art.and.Hamsters
Ай бұрын
Reaaaall
@captainobvious8037
Ай бұрын
00:00 - 12:00 is regular am time. 13:00 - 23:00 is from 1pm - 11pm. People.who are used to it don't have to calculate anymore, but just subtract 2 and remove the decimal.
@Doedling
Ай бұрын
@@captainobvious8037 Do people who are used to the system really do that? It sounds like something you do when you're still adjusting to it. I always thought people just knew. I understand 19:30 just as well as 7:30. I don't need to do any translation, it just makes sense. I thought it was like that for everyone who's always used that system.
@moriaty123
Ай бұрын
It's so interesting to see different people's approaches to numbers. My method for 24 hour time has always been to REMEMBER that 18:00 = 6pm, and 21:00 = 9pm, rather than doing any mental calculation at all. I wonder if that's partly because I grew up in an education system that taught us to memorise times tables, and use that as the foundation for any further calculation we have to do. For example, if I was working out 6 × 6, I remember that 6 × 3 = 18 and that 18 × 2 = 36, so 6 × 6 must be 36 (clearly I didn't put as much effort into memorising my squared numbers lol)
@kmruiz79
Ай бұрын
Why am I that person.😭
@gracev5288
25 күн бұрын
Meanwhile me using 24hr and setting my time zone to GMT even though I live in GMT-6
@diannabutnotactuallydianna9685
25 күн бұрын
It is me, I am this person. But, as a teen, I am however very good with analogue clocks. My friends aren't though, it’s bizarre to me, but that's okay
@milenartmeire2588
17 күн бұрын
Here in Brazil it's so common
@rzuue
Ай бұрын
So, is it a flex if I can say I‘m fluent in both systems?
@diegomarquez3293
26 күн бұрын
It’s literally a two-minute process. 💀
@GrullaMustang16
Ай бұрын
Most people in America cant.
@angiebaebii
Ай бұрын
I can’t either I just know to take away 12 lol
@johnk6757
Ай бұрын
Who tf uses military time though I never encounter it
@vibing4u415
Ай бұрын
this is actually me
@delfinodeleonjr9460
Ай бұрын
Pretty girl
@lalatahala
Ай бұрын
it’s me hi 🫢
@EmmeluluneLuxFayge
Ай бұрын
I’m the problem it’s me
@damsels2923
Ай бұрын
😂 i cant read the 24 hour clock nobody ever uses it
@Motishay
Ай бұрын
You can set your phone to display either hour format. So that friend is likely also bad with technology lol
@ainakar
Ай бұрын
I just minus 2 cause I have the same problem and I don't want to make it easier on myself by learning to understand it hahaha
@oreoslush
Ай бұрын
For the 24 hour clock subtract numbers 13-24 by 12
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