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Do you correlate dates with times on a digital clock? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I mean oddities mostly. I corelate the area code of my highschool love, and often the birthday of another. It has no significance beyond a few pleasant memories, but it is just one of life's oddities for me. Do you experience similar oddities?

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[–] 10 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

What do you mean by correlate, could you provide an example?

I like to make wishes at 11:11 and 12:34 but they “won’t come true” if I look at the clock again on the same time (eg. see it’s 11:11, make a wish, can’t look until 11:12 at least).

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Like at 7:04 you might think of July 4th. All numerical dates are represented on a 12 hour clock (e: if you're using mmdd). I'm asking if your pattern recognition software is picking up on such a meaningless correlation and giving it some pleasant side effect or if that is not a very common mental connection.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    All numerical dates are represented on a 12 hour clock.

    Only if you use mmdd date format. The majority of the world uses ddmm.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago

    Yeah, but neither makes sense any more. I use yymmdd in my default file naming for natural sorting hierarchy. I just don't think in that context. I guess that makes this post an interesting reflection from a couple of extra angles.

    Our US 3 digit area codes for phone number regions are likely not really paralleled elsewhere in the world either. It's interesting all the little cultural subtleties that shape the mind.

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