Discussion How many of you know how to read an analog clock

[Diddy]

Apparently, only 71% of Americans can easily read an analog clock, and among young people, only 43% of them can tell the time instantly.

Poll: Younger Americans have a harder time reading clocks

95% of adults 65 or older say they can read the time from an analog clock instantly, compared to 43% of adults under 30.

yougov.com

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[Needle]

digital clock mogs

 

[TooSomething]

Ngl, I have only understood how to read that shit in fifth grade.

Before that I just did not get it, but was otherwise very intelligent.

Fucking weird.

 

[andrewphillips25082]

When I was a child I couldn't.
I always had a digital one.
It took an embarrassingly long time to learn.

 

[poorenglishcel]

Surprised to learn that there are so many people in the world that can't. Seems like a thing that everyone beyond 1st grade would know.

 

[SubhumanOldcel]

I know.

 

[Onyx]

I know.

 

[tulasdanslos]

I always had analog watches, so I know. But the intelligence to read it goes in one ear and out the other, cuz I shouldn't be really wearing any watches as a wristcel.

 

[theanty]

No I would have to count the minute hand by 5 before or after halfway point

 

[Small Balls Messiah]

It is because boomers and gen x explain it in the most convoluted complicated way. I taught myself how to read an analog clock when I was young in only 5 minutes. Whenever some old fuck would explain it to me I would never understand. I feel like they do it on purpose so that they feel like they have knowledge over the younger generations.

 

[Diddy]

I always had analog watches, so I know. But the intelligence to read it goes in one ear and out the other, cuz I shouldn't be really wearing any watches as a wristcel.

I can’t wear watches because I have tiny wrists

 

[Cryo]

Analog clocks are gay and retarded

 

[Diddy]

Analog clocks are gay and retarded

• I can’t read an analog clock​

  Votes: 1 5.6%
  • Cryo

 

[Cryo]

• I can’t read an analog clock​

  Votes: 1 5.6%
  • Cryo

I can read it. That's why I changed. But they are gay and retarded

 

[Peroz Shapur]

I've always been able to read one even when I was in elementary school, I never realized others couldn't

 

[UndeadDeadMan]

Takes a while, but it's not exclusive to my ability to read analog clocks. I'm always tired nowadays and I can't do much without metaphorical crutches. ChatGPT being one of them

I'm basically spent and need to detox from everything

 

[nazianime]

Takes me a while because I have to calculate the minutes hand specifically when it’s not at the 0 or 30 mark.

 

[zd60]

it takes me a couple extra seconds to read it, i never use clocks or analog ones anyways