@[email protected] to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 7 months agoI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.message-square169fedilinkarrow-up1451arrow-down120
arrow-up1431arrow-down1message-squareI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.@[email protected] to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square169fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•edit-27 months agoIf your mental model of time is based on analog clocks, then when looking at a digital clock you have to translate it back to clock hands to know what it means, and that’s slower than immediately seeing the analog clock face.
minus-square@FooBarringtonlink4•7 months agoSure, but it’s stupid to tell kids “objectively, analog is easier”, especially when those kids most likely grew up with digital clocks.
If your mental model of time is based on analog clocks, then when looking at a digital clock you have to translate it back to clock hands to know what it means, and that’s slower than immediately seeing the analog clock face.
Sure, but it’s stupid to tell kids “objectively, analog is easier”, especially when those kids most likely grew up with digital clocks.
Yeah, absolutely.