Poll: Can you tell time on a "regular" clock?

[TheAmokz]

2 People voted No? Why? Long one shows minutes, short one hours and really fast one seconds, what else there is to understand?

 

[ultimateownage]

I prefer Digital because it's easier to read, I don't want to have to piece together what the damn time is! But I can read analogue clocks just fine.

I prefer analog and except for my alarm clock, every clock in the house is analog. What I don't like is those with roman numerals that do four wrong. Most clocks put IIII instead of IV. It drives me batty. I don't know why.

Really? I have never seen a clock face do that.

Just google "Roman analog clock face" and go to pics. More than half of them will have the IIII. It bothers me more than it should. My wife hates going to furniture and the like because I rage every time I see one (and that includes the big one she bought for the living room)!

Holy hell, you're right!
You've just ruined 90% of all Analogue clocks for me. D=

 

[Spaghetti]

Yep, I wouldn't be wearing my analogue wrist watch if I couldn't read it.

 

[SirDoom]

I can read them, yes.

The ticking annoys me to no end though, so I refuse to go near them for long periods of time. Every clock in my room is digital, and I intend to keep it that way.

 

[martin's a madman]

If the clock isn't regular, it doesn't matter if I can read it, it'll be wrong.

; D

 

[Major_Tom]

Yes I can, I always wear an analog watch. A wind-up analog watch. I bet you haven't seen one of those in a while.

 

[dalek sec]

It's not a problem for me, I prefer analogue anyways, it looks classier than digital does now matter how you dress it up.

I could never figure out how to set up a digital watch... D:

 

[rutger5000]

Yes for just like most people on the escapist I'm not a retard. Seriously who can't tell time on clocks? Isn't that a skill you learn when you're 5?

 

[Xhuliano Pula]

Almost everyone I know cann't. Then again I do live in California xD

 

[Scarim Coral]

The day I see people can't tell time from a analogue clock would be the day I would facepalm. I mean seriously should that ever happen then it clearly shows we are relying on technology far too much. Well ok it not like I can tell the time from looking at the sun position but it those who can't use analogue clock would find it quite difficult.

 

[Baradiel]

Wait, what? Some people can't tell the time off an analogue clock?

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Sorry about that, just had to remove my face from my keyboard.

Seriously?

I just can't fathom that.

 

[idarkphoenixi]

I prefer them to digital clocks really and I stopped wearing a digital wristwatch since I'm no longer a child (no offence to any adult wearers out there, just my opinion).

I'm no elitist though, if someone "prefers" digital for whatever reason that's fine, but I've seen some who simply cannot understand analogue and it confounds me. It's really not that difficult to understand, unless theres something I'm not seeing...

 

[ImprovizoR]

Of course I can, I'm not retarded.

 

[funguy2121]

I have to keep reminding myself not to be surprised by the stupidity displayed by average people.

OP, I think people intentionally exaggerate their own stupidity, though I'll admit that my belief here is a bit of a paradox, since I also believe that stupid is a choice.

Then again, I also expect a 20-year-old to be able to write and spell and speak at a college-sophomore level, so perhaps I'm naive.

 

[Chris646]

Yeah, I can read 'em. It just takes a bit longer because I don't see too many of them.

 

[CleverNickname]

It does take me a "while". I am one of those crazy people who, instead of relying on their stupid superfluous cell phones, still wear wrist watches, and an analog one at that.

Which has not always been true, and that's the problem. When I was a teenager, my wrist watch was a digital one (with neon green highlights, no less; 90's FTW). So during the best time to get used to the damn hands, I just read 4 numbers (we don't use am/pm).

So yeah, now I look big hand, make mental note, look small hand, make mental note, then form the time-telling phrase ("quarter to two") from those two thoughts.

...

maybe I should just go with my cell phone after all...

 

[OldRat]

I'm not exactly sure if there's anyone who couldn't. I've a wristwatch with no numbersm and I can tell it just fine with a quick glance. Then again, I guess most people don't wear watches these days.

 

[Fusioncode9]

I don't remember the last time I really need to look at a clock. My phone is my alarm clock and I use it to check the time. I just looked up and noticed I have a clock in my room, still could understand though.

 

[badgersprite]

Analog clocks are still pretty much the norm here. It would suck if I couldn't use something I've been surrounded by every single day for my whole life.

 

[Matt Fitzgerald]

I prefer analog and except for my alarm clock, every clock in the house is analog. What I don't like is those with roman numerals that do four wrong. Most clocks put IIII instead of IV. It drives me batty. I don't know why.

Romans used the IIII to represent 4, it wasn't until sometime in the middle ages that Europeans (French, German, English, Italians as opposed to Romans) simplified the numeral to the more modern IV. Random trivia...