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Do you correlate dates with times on a digital clock? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago by j4k3@lemmy.ml 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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[–] deranger@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

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).

[–] j4k3@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] QualifiedKitten@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

All numerical dates are represented on a 12 hour clock.

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

[–] j4k3@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months 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.