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Most people I know would say 9 and 3/4 instead of 1/4 to 10 when looking at an analog clock. We were taught to mentally do some minor math, same habits, just better I guess.

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Greyghoster@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Just different and from a different school of thought. If you consider the convenience of conveying how close the time is to the hour, it’s actually a quick shorthand. I can see you don’t like it however it’s just the way people think of time. It’s not like they can’t do the math because if they have a digital clock they have to convert 9:45 into a quarter to 10. It’s the way they think about time.

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- schmidtster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  It’s what is laziest and easiest for them. Some people are simply taught to think of others while conversing instead of just themselves.
  
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  - Greyghoster@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    View it from their perspective, they all converse perfectly together because that’s how everyone told the time however other people want to change the rules. They aren’t being rude or impolite just using the system they grew up with.
    
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  - bronzle@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    lol
    
    Think of the children
    
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    schmidtster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Narcism is a better look?
    
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