@GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agoI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.message-square169fedilinkarrow-up1443
arrow-up1443message-squareI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.@GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square169fedilink
minus-square@Feathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•10 months ago fractions of 12 are unintuitive Really? I’ve always found them very pleasing.
minus-squareThistledownlinkfedilinkEnglish5•10 months agoI wish our numeric system was base 12 instead of base 10!
minus-square@Revan343@lemmy.calinkfedilink3•10 months agoYou’re on Lemmy, of course you like fractions of 12. It is a very convenient base, having so many factors, but most people don’t think like that
minus-squarekeylinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-210 months agoThat might be the most obscure stereotype I’ve ever read. 😆
Really? I’ve always found them very pleasing.
They chose 12 precisely because it’s easy to divide!
I wish our numeric system was base 12 instead of base 10!
You’re on Lemmy, of course you like fractions of 12. It is a very convenient base, having so many factors, but most people don’t think like that
That might be the most obscure stereotype I’ve ever read. 😆