Can you tell the time on an analogue clock?

[stiefkind@mastodon.social]

@phranck Even that one on your oven? And in your car? And on your mobile phone in the upper left corner? I'm deeply impressed

@MelissaBearTrix

[phranck@oldbytes.space]

@stiefkind @MelissaBearTrix All these aren't watches!

[xepia_@social.bau-ha.us]

@MelissaBearTrix

I honestly try to, but the best guess I've been able to come up with is still 50:50.

[len@nyan.network]

@MelissaBearTrix I have discovered that the easiest way for me to tell time is analogue clock with Roman numerals, because it's even clearer what side is lopsided in what way then.

I have dyscalculia, that probably factors in. I /can/ read digital clocks, but it's far harder and takes longer and the chance I misread it goes up by a lot.

[empathicqubit@ak.pandastr.eu]

@MsDropbear42
"Time is a tool you can put on the wall
Or wear it on your wrist
The past is far behind us;
The future doesn't exist"
@MelissaBearTrix

[root@possum.city]

@MelissaBearTrix@gives.hugz.online really depends on the design of the clock tbh

[melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.online]

@empathicqubit @MsDropbear42

Hugz

Hugz & xXx

[root@possum.city]

@MelissaBearTrix@gives.hugz.online if it's just two hands with no digits then yeah no fuck that I'm just looking at the position of the sun to determine the time of day

[sammy@cherrykitten.gay]

@MelissaBearTrix i couldn't for a long time and still can't at a glance, i need to actively look at the numbers and process it for a few seconds

if there is no numbers i need to count the lines

[admiralmemo@mastodon.social]

@MelissaBearTrix I know you'd enjoy this video if you haven't already seen it. https://youtu.be/NeopkvAP-ag

[melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.online]

@AdmiralMemo

Makes a lot of sense

Thank you ... Hugz

Hugz & xXx

[beandev@social.tchncs.de]

@MelissaBearTrix
I know young adults who can't do it
@mardor

[arcadiagt5@mstdn.social]

@MelissaBearTrix I can also tell the time on this #Counterclock…

I really should put a new battery in that sometime…

[xanatos@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@MelissaBearTrix
Sometimes I mix up some stuff for whatever reason, also I need longer to read the time on an analog one.

As I was still wearing smart watches I always used an analog watch face as I think they look better as a worn clock than digital ones.

[melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.online]

@arcadiagt5

When I see a reverse clock it gives me a nightmare ... A had a customer that I had to source 30 of them

And all different, pre internet too ... Giggles

Hugz & xXx

[karalg84@dragonscave.space]

@MelissaBearTrix Clearly I'm the only one who said no. To explain that, I could but I forgot how. The last time I had a tactile/Braille watch was when I was a kid which is a long time ago, and I can't remember which hand is which.
I've always found those watches cumbersome so have used digital ones since.

[melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.online]

@KaraLG84

I have a collection of braille and watches for the sight impaired, and yeah they are hard to work out ... Hugz

Hugz & xXx

[karalg84@dragonscave.space]

@MelissaBearTrix Yeah I know people who can do it instantly. Dunno why they call them braille when it's not. I suppose the dots are similarly spaced like the 3 dots to indicate 12.

[karalg84@dragonscave.space]

@MelissaBearTrix Saw one on the RNIB shop that has diamantés for the dots.

[carstenboll@mstdn.dk]

@MelissaBearTrix

I mean, I _can_ but I feel annoyed about it. When they taught me as a kid I kept thinking "but we can write the numbers now, why do I need to learn to read it this way?". I still mostly feel the same way.

In a sense you could say that an analogue clock is... anachronistic?