Can you tell the time on an analogue clock?

[phranck@oldbytes.space]

@stiefkind @MelissaBearTrix All these aren't watches!

[xepia_@social.bau-ha.us]

@MelissaBearTrix

I honestly try to, but the best guess I've been able to come up with is still 50:50.

[len@nyan.network]

@MelissaBearTrix I have discovered that the easiest way for me to tell time is analogue clock with Roman numerals, because it's even clearer what side is lopsided in what way then.

I have dyscalculia, that probably factors in. I /can/ read digital clocks, but it's far harder and takes longer and the chance I misread it goes up by a lot.

[empathicqubit@ak.pandastr.eu]

@MsDropbear42
"Time is a tool you can put on the wall
Or wear it on your wrist
The past is far behind us;
The future doesn't exist"
@MelissaBearTrix

[root@possum.city]

@MelissaBearTrix@gives.hugz.online really depends on the design of the clock tbh

[melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.online]

@empathicqubit @MsDropbear42

Hugz

Hugz & xXx

[root@possum.city]

@MelissaBearTrix@gives.hugz.online if it's just two hands with no digits then yeah no fuck that I'm just looking at the position of the sun to determine the time of day

[sammy@cherrykitten.gay]

@MelissaBearTrix i couldn't for a long time and still can't at a glance, i need to actively look at the numbers and process it for a few seconds

if there is no numbers i need to count the lines

[admiralmemo@mastodon.social]

@MelissaBearTrix I know you'd enjoy this video if you haven't already seen it. https://youtu.be/NeopkvAP-ag

[melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.online]

@AdmiralMemo

Makes a lot of sense

Thank you ... Hugz

Hugz & xXx

[beandev@social.tchncs.de]

@MelissaBearTrix
I know young adults who can't do it
@mardor

[arcadiagt5@mstdn.social]

@MelissaBearTrix I can also tell the time on this #Counterclock…

I really should put a new battery in that sometime…

[xanatos@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@MelissaBearTrix
Sometimes I mix up some stuff for whatever reason, also I need longer to read the time on an analog one.

As I was still wearing smart watches I always used an analog watch face as I think they look better as a worn clock than digital ones.

[melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.online]

@arcadiagt5

When I see a reverse clock it gives me a nightmare ... A had a customer that I had to source 30 of them

And all different, pre internet too ... Giggles

Hugz & xXx

[karalg84@dragonscave.space]

@MelissaBearTrix Clearly I'm the only one who said no. To explain that, I could but I forgot how. The last time I had a tactile/Braille watch was when I was a kid which is a long time ago, and I can't remember which hand is which.
I've always found those watches cumbersome so have used digital ones since.

[melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.online]

@KaraLG84

I have a collection of braille and watches for the sight impaired, and yeah they are hard to work out ... Hugz

Hugz & xXx

[karalg84@dragonscave.space]

@MelissaBearTrix Yeah I know people who can do it instantly. Dunno why they call them braille when it's not. I suppose the dots are similarly spaced like the 3 dots to indicate 12.

[karalg84@dragonscave.space]

@MelissaBearTrix Saw one on the RNIB shop that has diamantés for the dots.

[carstenboll@mstdn.dk]

@MelissaBearTrix

I mean, I _can_ but I feel annoyed about it. When they taught me as a kid I kept thinking "but we can write the numbers now, why do I need to learn to read it this way?". I still mostly feel the same way.

In a sense you could say that an analogue clock is... anachronistic?

[melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.online]

@KaraLG84

That would be nice, but with real diamonds ... Giggles

I've seen pictures of very old pocket watches that used some unusual ways to help sight impaired people to feel the time

Hugz & xXx