People from the USA fail at reading a clock

[milotic2]

We put young people on the street to the ultimate test - can they tell time? #CanYouDoIt pic.twitter.com/6BmyEP04b6
- Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) 29 de mayo de 2019

People on the street were asked to tell time using an analogue clock, with disappointing but not surprising results

Can you use a clock, ONTD? Alternatively, what watch do you have?

Comments

[nutmegdealer]

i have digital clocks all over m house, but can still read an analog because i'm old. i can also write in script and add numbers without a calculator.

[tucker]

I know a lot if people who struggle with it and we are in our late twenties like we learned this in elementary school idgi it’s not hard

[ritaamber]

33 years old and cannot read them. Was legit excited when smart watches took off, i can have a watch that isnt lame digital that gets mocked, and i know what time it is. Blame dyslexic parents who couldnt read them and couldnt teach me.

[babarsuhail]

it ain't that hard to learn, din't blame your parents, lol

[thespockingdead]

I’ve got math dyslexia so when I was a kid, everyone thought I was dumb as FUCK because I couldn’t tell time easily. Digital clocks were the best thing that ever happened to me tbh!

[xpirate_queenx]

Me too. It's not for lack of trying. <3

[merel_93]

Same. People would laugh at me without them understanding that grasping numbers and the logic behind them is fucking hard

[sestiere]

i'm 24 and we definitely had to learn how to read a clock and understand military time, and be able to use cursive.

the only watch i have is my cellphone. i don't like stuff on my wrists.

[veritas_44]

I find it hilarious when people get confused by the 24-hour clock. If you have trouble remembering, once it's past noon, subtract 12. But in my experience, even that is too difficult for some lmao

[fabulousdoll]

lol just commented that reading the 24-hour clock it's easier for me.

[jemgirl90]

I never saw it until I was an adult. I worked at a video store and people were always disputing the time of the video drop off. I was in pure horror when I first saw 16:23. Like what? I haven't seen it since. I just always know the 20's are near midnight.