• Greyghoster@aussie.zone
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    11 months ago

    Just different and from a different school of thought. If you consider the convenience of conveying how close the time is to the hour, it’s actually a quick shorthand. I can see you don’t like it however it’s just the way people think of time. It’s not like they can’t do the math because if they have a digital clock they have to convert 9:45 into a quarter to 10. It’s the way they think about time.

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      11 months ago

      It’s what is laziest and easiest for them. Some people are simply taught to think of others while conversing instead of just themselves.

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        11 months ago

        View it from their perspective, they all converse perfectly together because that’s how everyone told the time however other people want to change the rules. They aren’t being rude or impolite just using the system they grew up with.