# Do you feel it's important for younger generations to be able to read an analog clock? If so why?

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Zero is as child as it usually gets around here, so i kinda like it as a base. If it’s above zero, it’s a normal wonder temperature. If it’s below zero, it’s damn cold.

It’s just a number. I almost never convert mathematically between one and the other. I just know what either one feels like.

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