# Have you noticed that younger people seem slower to tell time from "traditional" clock faces?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 29, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-noticed-that-younger-people-seem-slower-to-tell-time-from-traditional-clock-faces/1024391 "2025-10-29T15:25:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-noticed-that-younger-people-seem-slower-to-tell-time-from-traditional-clock-faces/1024391/162 "2026-11-05T00:40:54Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> > [@WildaBeast](#):
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> > I’m always amused when they get to twenty minutes past four and announce “It’s 4:20”. -
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> What’s funny about that? -

It weeds out those who get it and those who don’t.

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-noticed-that-younger-people-seem-slower-to-tell-time-from-traditional-clock-faces/1024391/163 "2026-11-05T00:52:16Z")

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> [@running\_coach](#):
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> It weeds out those who get it and those who don’t.

Ha. Ha. Ha.

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-noticed-that-younger-people-seem-slower-to-tell-time-from-traditional-clock-faces/1024391/164 "2026-11-05T01:06:29Z")

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I saw that

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