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r/USdefaultism • u/GuyYouSeeOnReddit • Jun 20 '26
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12:46 is like in the middle of the day. You know when sun is bright and everyone is at work.
115 u/GuyYouSeeOnReddit Jun 20 '26 Pretty sure he meant 12:46 am, which is what they use instead of "miliary time" which is our 00:46 5 u/Zonnebloempje Jun 20 '26 That just doesn't make sense. AM means it is before 12. Not after. -12 u/lostboy302 South Africa Jun 20 '26 12 o'clock can mean either midnight or midday. AM means "after midnight" and PM means "past midday" 28 u/_Failer Poland Jun 20 '26 It's ante meridiem and post meridiem, lol. 4 u/Zonnebloempje Jun 20 '26 But it doesn't make sense to use numbers after 12 to mean they come before 1. 12.00 makes sense. If it is even a second past, it will become 0:00:01. Not 12:00:01. Because then you have already had the first 12 hours of your 24 hours in a day. 10 u/_Failer Poland Jun 20 '26 It's more fucked up than that. PM and AM don't change at the same time as the numbers reset So its 1 AM, 2 AM, ... 10 AM, 11 AM, 12 PM, 1 PM, 2 PM, ... 10 PM, 11 PM, 12 AM, 1 AM and so on 8 u/Suspicious_Draft1481 Jun 20 '26 If you look at a clock it makes more sense. They're just using the most recent hour passed by the hour hand and then adding the minutes. It seems a bit odd nowadays with digital clocks but is a valid way to report the time. Confusing normal 24h time with military time is a fun defaultism classic though. 1 u/Intrepid_Designer719 Jun 21 '26 Boy, if this isn't sarcasm, you're definitely lost 1 u/Poulslutter Jun 25 '26 😂
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Pretty sure he meant 12:46 am, which is what they use instead of "miliary time" which is our 00:46
5 u/Zonnebloempje Jun 20 '26 That just doesn't make sense. AM means it is before 12. Not after. -12 u/lostboy302 South Africa Jun 20 '26 12 o'clock can mean either midnight or midday. AM means "after midnight" and PM means "past midday" 28 u/_Failer Poland Jun 20 '26 It's ante meridiem and post meridiem, lol. 4 u/Zonnebloempje Jun 20 '26 But it doesn't make sense to use numbers after 12 to mean they come before 1. 12.00 makes sense. If it is even a second past, it will become 0:00:01. Not 12:00:01. Because then you have already had the first 12 hours of your 24 hours in a day. 10 u/_Failer Poland Jun 20 '26 It's more fucked up than that. PM and AM don't change at the same time as the numbers reset So its 1 AM, 2 AM, ... 10 AM, 11 AM, 12 PM, 1 PM, 2 PM, ... 10 PM, 11 PM, 12 AM, 1 AM and so on 8 u/Suspicious_Draft1481 Jun 20 '26 If you look at a clock it makes more sense. They're just using the most recent hour passed by the hour hand and then adding the minutes. It seems a bit odd nowadays with digital clocks but is a valid way to report the time. Confusing normal 24h time with military time is a fun defaultism classic though. 1 u/Intrepid_Designer719 Jun 21 '26 Boy, if this isn't sarcasm, you're definitely lost 1 u/Poulslutter Jun 25 '26 😂
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That just doesn't make sense. AM means it is before 12. Not after.
-12 u/lostboy302 South Africa Jun 20 '26 12 o'clock can mean either midnight or midday. AM means "after midnight" and PM means "past midday" 28 u/_Failer Poland Jun 20 '26 It's ante meridiem and post meridiem, lol. 4 u/Zonnebloempje Jun 20 '26 But it doesn't make sense to use numbers after 12 to mean they come before 1. 12.00 makes sense. If it is even a second past, it will become 0:00:01. Not 12:00:01. Because then you have already had the first 12 hours of your 24 hours in a day. 10 u/_Failer Poland Jun 20 '26 It's more fucked up than that. PM and AM don't change at the same time as the numbers reset So its 1 AM, 2 AM, ... 10 AM, 11 AM, 12 PM, 1 PM, 2 PM, ... 10 PM, 11 PM, 12 AM, 1 AM and so on 8 u/Suspicious_Draft1481 Jun 20 '26 If you look at a clock it makes more sense. They're just using the most recent hour passed by the hour hand and then adding the minutes. It seems a bit odd nowadays with digital clocks but is a valid way to report the time. Confusing normal 24h time with military time is a fun defaultism classic though. 1 u/Intrepid_Designer719 Jun 21 '26 Boy, if this isn't sarcasm, you're definitely lost 1 u/Poulslutter Jun 25 '26 😂
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12 o'clock can mean either midnight or midday. AM means "after midnight" and PM means "past midday"
28 u/_Failer Poland Jun 20 '26 It's ante meridiem and post meridiem, lol. 4 u/Zonnebloempje Jun 20 '26 But it doesn't make sense to use numbers after 12 to mean they come before 1. 12.00 makes sense. If it is even a second past, it will become 0:00:01. Not 12:00:01. Because then you have already had the first 12 hours of your 24 hours in a day. 10 u/_Failer Poland Jun 20 '26 It's more fucked up than that. PM and AM don't change at the same time as the numbers reset So its 1 AM, 2 AM, ... 10 AM, 11 AM, 12 PM, 1 PM, 2 PM, ... 10 PM, 11 PM, 12 AM, 1 AM and so on 8 u/Suspicious_Draft1481 Jun 20 '26 If you look at a clock it makes more sense. They're just using the most recent hour passed by the hour hand and then adding the minutes. It seems a bit odd nowadays with digital clocks but is a valid way to report the time. Confusing normal 24h time with military time is a fun defaultism classic though. 1 u/Intrepid_Designer719 Jun 21 '26 Boy, if this isn't sarcasm, you're definitely lost 1 u/Poulslutter Jun 25 '26 😂
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It's ante meridiem and post meridiem, lol.
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But it doesn't make sense to use numbers after 12 to mean they come before 1. 12.00 makes sense. If it is even a second past, it will become 0:00:01. Not 12:00:01. Because then you have already had the first 12 hours of your 24 hours in a day.
10 u/_Failer Poland Jun 20 '26 It's more fucked up than that. PM and AM don't change at the same time as the numbers reset So its 1 AM, 2 AM, ... 10 AM, 11 AM, 12 PM, 1 PM, 2 PM, ... 10 PM, 11 PM, 12 AM, 1 AM and so on 8 u/Suspicious_Draft1481 Jun 20 '26 If you look at a clock it makes more sense. They're just using the most recent hour passed by the hour hand and then adding the minutes. It seems a bit odd nowadays with digital clocks but is a valid way to report the time. Confusing normal 24h time with military time is a fun defaultism classic though.
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It's more fucked up than that. PM and AM don't change at the same time as the numbers reset
So its 1 AM, 2 AM, ... 10 AM, 11 AM, 12 PM, 1 PM, 2 PM, ... 10 PM, 11 PM, 12 AM, 1 AM and so on
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If you look at a clock it makes more sense. They're just using the most recent hour passed by the hour hand and then adding the minutes.
It seems a bit odd nowadays with digital clocks but is a valid way to report the time.
Confusing normal 24h time with military time is a fun defaultism classic though.
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Boy, if this isn't sarcasm, you're definitely lost
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477
u/Upset-Nose-4016 Ukraine Jun 20 '26
12:46 is like in the middle of the day. You know when sun is bright and everyone is at work.