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I average out the spring and fall changes and just set my clocks 39 minutes ahead year-round.

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[โ€“] flerp@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

12 divides nicer and evener than 10. If only evolution had given us two extra fingers we'd use base twelve numbers and everything would be better.

[โ€“] Robert7301201 2 points 1 year ago

Some cultures do/did count to 12 on their fingers using their thumb as a pointer and counting the spaces between their knuckles. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duodecimal#Origin