Think about when the last time you used a wall clock or even a public clock pole/tower or something. My brain doesn’t even register them anymore, I just look at my phone and reset brain to whatever magic hand box says.

To think there used to be a time where you had to physically go outside and look at a clock tower if you wanted accurate ish local time

edit: hourly workers who live by the time card, disregard this post

  • e0qdk@reddthat.com
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    5 days ago

    For you, maybe, but for me it’s my desktop’s clock – with my microwave as the fallback (e.g. when I’m playing a fullscreen game).

    I basically only check the time on my phone if I’m out and about (which is… rare) or when I’m getting up/going to bed – which also serves as a check for messages (since I have my phone on Do Not Disturb 24/7).

    I actually bought a physical wall clock earlier this year thinking that I could stick it somewhere more convenient to read than the microwave, but the ticking was too damned annoying.

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      4 days ago

      the ticking was too damned annoying.

      If you still have the clock you can get a replacement “sweep” movement instead of the more common “step” movement.

      You can buy them online from all sorts of places for ~15 dollars, e.g. clockshop.