I'm mostly talking about this entire comment thread and not just this comment, but what's with people on Lemmy and putting so much value on analogue clocks? I saw someone here a few weeks ago, who said that you couldn't be intelligent if you didn't know how to read a clock. I can read analogue clocks and I can understand why people like them, but digital clocks have their own advantages and I can absolutely understand people preferring them. It almost feels like a similar situation to 12 hour vs. 24 hour time, where people who use one system don't understand why they would want to use the other one.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Probably because they’re dead simple.

It’s not even about preference but about versatility and adaptability.

You don’t have to be prefer to use them, but being able to deal with the unexpected and figure out the unfamiliar is generally a sign of intelligence.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

I don't really 'see' analog or digital anymore, I've transcended that clock racism and now all I see is the format-agnostic bitstream.

[–] Magnum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Lemmy has a lot of elitist tech people. They like to be smart, academic and they like systems that move and turn stretching mentally into the world of highly efficient analogue watches which are engineering master pieces. See it goes full circle here, no pun intended, but the watch an engineering piece you can be smart about is expensive and part of an elitist class that implicitly represents certain type of success

Edit: lol see I started reading the other comments literally the other guy that answered you specifically pointed out how it's normal for him, but for you it should hint you a sign of intelligence