why has all this worked just fine for a century and suddenly gen Z can't make sense of it? do you guys not ever stop to wonder if maybe the devices are making you stupid?

For those nerdy enough to want an actual answer.

actual fun facts: the minute hand is called that because it moves a minute amount.

the second hand is called that because the minute hand was first!

Should've started at 0. Why is 12 < 1?

It’s a lot of different things it’s design is based on the sundial, we already had base 12 time

Wikipedia page for base 12, the origin is a fun read and while I can’t say it’s all accurate, the parts I know are

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duodecimal

It's better than decimal time.

The person who made the clock copied it from a sundial. You can’t say it’s not logical because that’s how physics works.