▲ 183 ▼ How did people tell time at night before clocks? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 101 comments fedilink hide all child comments The sun dial worked during daylight, but how did people agree on what time it was at night before clocks were invented?
[–] Chozo@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (4 children) How did the wakeyuppymen know what time to start wakeyuppying, tho? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] GreenPlasticSushiGrass@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago A wakeyuppyman is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to. permalink fedilink source parent [–] z00s@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* He gets woken up by the wakeyuppy-wakeyupperer, who in turn is woken up by the wakeyupper-wakeyupper-wakeyupperer. Basically, at least one person had to be awake at any given moment or society would collapse. It happened once and they didn't recover for hundreds of years, that's why they called it "The Dark Ages". permalink fedilink source parent [–] toxicbubble@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago sunrise probably permalink fedilink source parent [–] Spiracle@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago Cities which had someone blow a horn to wake everyone up would also have watchmen walking the city at night. Presumably, they would wake the next person up when their shift ended so that someone is awake at all times. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GreenPlasticSushiGrass@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago A wakeyuppyman is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] z00s@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* He gets woken up by the wakeyuppy-wakeyupperer, who in turn is woken up by the wakeyupper-wakeyupper-wakeyupperer. Basically, at least one person had to be awake at any given moment or society would collapse. It happened once and they didn't recover for hundreds of years, that's why they called it "The Dark Ages". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Spiracle@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago Cities which had someone blow a horn to wake everyone up would also have watchmen walking the city at night. Presumably, they would wake the next person up when their shift ended so that someone is awake at all times. permalink fedilink source parent