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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Maybe their watch is fine, but they don't understand am/pm.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Every watch is correct at least twice per day.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 month ago (2 children)

No.

"A stopped clock is right twice a day. But a clock that loses just 1 second a year is right only once every 43,200 years."

Source: https://x.com/tweetsauce/status/791837302771200003

And the math checks out.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Also a working watch that is set wrong is never correct.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I knew someone would say something like that. Should have said "even a..."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

After midnight and past midnight. They're basically the same thing anyway. I think.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago

“I’ve had it! I’m going to wait for five more minutes, then I’m out of here!”