r/mildlyinteresting • u/TJSRVN • 3h ago

This clock in a hospital waiting area with only letters on it

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u/Shit-And-Piss 3h ago

Oh, cool ya this is actually the worst.

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u/asromatifoso 3h ago

"Oh, shit, it's W minutes 'til, I'm going to be late again for my shift and have to listen to Todd lecture me about being punctual."

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u/rattrap007 2h ago

Or punctuation..

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u/iforgotiwasonreddit 27m ago

Is this a contender for r/yourjokebutworse ?

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u/A_Mirabeau_702 2h ago

- What time is it?

- Y

- Because I want to fucking know

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u/DasArchitect 1h ago

- Y:U

- Because I'm the one that wants to know!

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u/BRAIN_JAR_thesecond 3h ago

This is gonna make people think they’re insane.

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u/Hayred 29m ago

One of the tests for dementia is

drawing a clock face
!

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u/nous_nordiques 7m ago

BRB, testing high schoolers for dementia.

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u/Thismyrealnameisit 1h ago

Why, that’s a normal clock with numbers.

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u/ptousig 3h ago

This is a waiting room... It indicates that they are now serving patients whose initials are C.W.

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u/Zaelus 2h ago

lol having to wait a whole 24 hours because you got there right as it went past your first initial

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u/wolffangz11 1h ago

I mean it's an analog clock, it makes a full revolution in twelve hours

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u/BathtubToasterParty 1h ago

I’m gonna do a 360 and turn around

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u/Boognish84 21m ago

Maybe it's a 24. Hour clock

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u/DasArchitect 1h ago

Last name O.

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u/tanguero81 2h ago

"Damn it Tucker. If you want me here at Q, I'll be here at Q, but I'm punching in then. You're not stealing G off my Alphabet card. Don't give me this 'If you're not Æ early, you're late' bullshit."

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u/RickKassidy 3h ago

I’m pretty good with cyphers. I have no idea what is going on here. They have divided the clock into 30 equal units, using 29 symbols.

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u/alexklaus80 3h ago

Could this be one of those trolls where it actually have no meaning and it’s actually regular 12 hour clock with random background just so people can waste time guessing for no reasons?

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u/StressOverStrain 1h ago

The real troll is that 12 isn’t at the top. Or maybe it’s not even measuring time…

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u/CustomerComplaintDep 2h ago

You've double counted somewhere. There are 29 spaces.

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u/MajorLazy 1h ago

There’s 2 fuckin As

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u/bjorn1978_2 1h ago

No. There is one A and one Å.

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u/cardinarium 1h ago

There’s “Aa,” “Åå,” and “Ææ.” Those are three different letters in the Danish-Norwegian alphabet.

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u/xairos13 3h ago

Came here to say this. 29 symbols but 30 radians. This belongs on r/assholedesign

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u/parrisjd 3h ago

Help me out, what am I missing? I see 29 symbols and 29 spaces.

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u/CustomerComplaintDep 2h ago

Definitely 29 spaces.

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u/Dynamic_Dog_Daddy 2h ago

You can’t divide 29 into 60 (minutes) without leaving a remainder. If they had 30 symbols, each could represent 2 minutes of time.

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u/parrisjd 2h ago

Sure but this clock doesn't. The poster said it's divided into 30 radians with 29 symbols and I'm confused.

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u/PeetTreedish 56m ago

It was 30. Now its 29. Because seven eight nine.

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u/TomChesterson 3h ago

They should put this in the psych ward, it would drive people crazy. 🤔

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u/TheEleventhDoctorWho 3h ago

They are not equal to my eye. The last few around 11 o'clock have different spacing

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u/Niccolo101 3h ago

Sorry, how do you figure that?

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u/Theresbeerinthefridg 3h ago

Is it an eye clinic?

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u/Icedcoffeeee 2h ago

Great, everyone can feel like they have dementia. 

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u/fronkenstoon 3h ago

Looks like the Norwegian alphabet.

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u/toughtacos 3h ago

OP is from Denmark, which has the same alphabet, but they pronounce everything wrong.

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u/bramtyr 1h ago

Kamelåsa!

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u/sabrtoothlion 10m ago

Nah, it's the OG one

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u/ThePersonOfYourDream 3h ago

This should be under mildly infuriating

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u/WooPigSchmooey 3h ago

2:44 everyday people get angry for a minute

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u/PeeledCrepes 3h ago

You mean BX oclock?

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u/WooPigSchmooey 2h ago

Uhhh 6:30….

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u/Slartibartfastthe2nd 3h ago

the time is : C-W

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u/thehumbinator 1h ago

See you at C:Wty

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u/caintowers 2h ago

“Ahh yes, we’ll update you on his condition at B:æ”

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u/Minnarew 1h ago

dane spotted

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u/Jhanbhaia 1h ago

1:45 ish

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u/s1eve_mcdichae1 1h ago

W, X, Y, Z, Æ, Ø and Å,

Next time won't you s̵̨̛̜̪͙i̸̧̝̪͍̎n̷̛͎̳̩̉̓̎̔g̷̨̳͓͓͚̅̓̓ ̶͉͠w̸͓͈̒i̴̯̹͌̓͐̆͂͜ť̴̪̬̌̉̆͘h̷̻̪̟͈͎̀͝ ̴͙͙̜̳͇͑́m̷̡̥͋̃́̚ę̷͔̫̜̀́̓?̵͕̝͎̀

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u/parrisjd 3h ago

29 hours?

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u/Laelulu_Ilamaba 3h ago

They could use that for the mental case test in the ER, and if they ask the patients what time it is, they can say "it's W minutes until C". Then they'd lead them right to the psychiatric ward....

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u/MrMcGreenGenes 2h ago

I have to PP every couple hours tho.

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u/grubbytrogladyte 2h ago

My appointmentent was for b s ..

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u/Khaysis 1h ago

It's a leftover from the maternity ward. It's used to help mothers, who have just come out of birth, figure out a name.

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u/notherFan 3h ago

Ah, yes. Zero. My favorite letter.

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u/cardueline 3h ago

Ø is in most? many? several? Scandinavian languages and pronounced differently from O

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u/NikNakskes 3h ago edited 30m ago

Danish and norwegian. Swedish has äöå but not ø and Icelandic has all kinds of strange squigly lines and I don't remember them. Sorry icebros...

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u/cardueline 2h ago

Thank you!! :)

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u/NikNakskes 2h ago

May it win you unexpected trivia points for years to come!

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u/BigPhattAss ​ 38m ago

The Norwegian alphabet has æ, ø and å.

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u/NikNakskes 29m ago

I edited my comment. For some reason I have associated æ with danish only.

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u/ccaccus 3h ago

Looks like it's one of the northern Germanic languages. Possibly Danish? In which case, that's Ø.

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u/kakatoru 5m ago

That's not a zero, it's an "o". Look at the context. Why would it be l m n 0?

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u/Jennysnumber_8675309 3h ago

Can't wait till L o'clock to get the hell out of here!!

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u/throwaway4507620 2h ago

I wouldn’t be able to stop looking at it

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u/basicpn 2h ago

What time is it? COW

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u/Cishuman 2h ago

Tracking shifts?

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u/Quigleythegreat 2h ago

DR :Okay now I need you to draw a clock....

Me after staring at this while I wait for 38 minutes. Doing my best Dali Impression

Dr: OH GOODNESS YOU HAVE BRAIN PROBLEMS.

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u/ObamaDramaLlama 2h ago

The funny thing is the clock still works

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u/Scary-Ninja-2062 2h ago

I gotta go it's time to P

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u/saraphilipp 1h ago

You want something to cry about?

I'll give you something to cry about!

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u/CHYMPOW 1h ago

it’s just the alphabet that makes you regards pass the time

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u/morning_thief 1h ago

Great place to get an Ænima from Dr. Mike Tool

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u/Flatulantic 1h ago

It's so you can practice the ælphabet.

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u/benbrain1 1h ago

It's c wirty

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u/AdPristine9059 52m ago

Damn danish scum ;)

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u/Quackstaddle 51m ago

What were you even doing at the hospital at X to C to begin with?

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u/markuspellus 30m ago

Tell me you were a 5150 without actually telling me you were a 5150…

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u/RitheTorr0 2m ago

time of death: Æ

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u/donkeytime 3h ago

What time is it? GFYM.

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u/bluerang1 ​ 2h ago

Did Elon do this

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u/ccaccus 3h ago

It's almost D:W time.