This is a piece of mine from 17 years ago. If you didn’t see this coming, I really don’t know what to say. Blame ErsatzCoalButter for me going through the archives.

It’s one of those things that aged really well.

  • Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.orgOP
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    8 hours ago

    It is kinda funny the shortcuts our brains can take. I started using that system because of an issue with using 12-hour time … I was outside Seattle and it was the dead of winter. I woke up at 6:45, panicked about being hours late for work, showered, then realized it was 06.45, not 18.45. From there, starting with the most significant figure and decrementing was a logical rabbit hole.

    No one wants to shower because of ambiguity.