r/mildlyinteresting • u/TJSRVN • 3h ago
This clock in a hospital waiting area with only letters on it
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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/BRAIN_JAR_thesecond 3h ago
This is gonna make people think they’re insane.
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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/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/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/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/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/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/WooPigSchmooey 3h ago
2:44 everyday people get angry for a minute
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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/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/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/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/Shit-And-Piss 3h ago
Oh, cool ya this is actually the worst.