• Tanis Nikana@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    I never understood AMs and PMs. We start at 12, count upwards to 11, and do that twice? No fuck that, I just use a 24-hour clock.

    • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      More complex (so more cost), harder to read at a glance, you’d want to start at the bottom so that midday is at the top to align with the sun, absolutely minimal difference vs 12h clocks. This assumes a physical clock (face), not digital, but by the time (heh) digital came around it’s not like anybody is going to change anything.

      Now you understand am/pm.