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Your phone's clock is your default time.
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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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I use clocks all the time - it's way faster to look at a clock than pull my phone out.
Its even faster to simply look at a wall clock than the clock on my phone when I'm using the phone, since the fint is so small and digital.
Analog clocks are just faster to read, for me - I don't have to think about "what do these numbers mean".
Analog clocks are just a better analog for the passing of time.
Cant argue with this.
But
Is what i faintly ask myself when i do look at a analog clock.
In digital, the numbers are just numbers, 9:42 is 9:42 while in analog 9 can mean 9 or 45.
“It is almost a quarter before 10” is a sentence i would need to think twice to understand even when well pronounced from a vocal clear distance.
Pretty sure it all depends on what your used to and dealing with a delay when facing the “other” formulation. No real winners.