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[–] [email protected] 239 points 9 months ago (12 children)

Dumbass just has it upside down it's actually just LL:6

[–] [email protected] 52 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Ah that make sense . These karma whores i tell ya.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's why you should always include a banana in the picture. Then we can tell if the clock is right side up in relation to the banana.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago

In was looking for a small space heater for the bathroom because it gets so cold in the morning. There was one that was a plug in into the outlet kinda like a night light, and had a temperature display. There was a one star review along the lines of

This thing is garbage! It just keeps saying nonsense like 9L! Needs better instructions!

I flipped the photo upside down and...

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

LL:6 already! I'm late for my harmonica recital!

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[–] [email protected] 154 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You Americans with your imperial system. 9:77 o'clock is 10:17 in metric. /s

[–] [email protected] 60 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I see the s, but you have it backwards. 9:77 is clearly metric time, with 100 minutes per hour...

[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago
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[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (3 children)

OP said Kmart, Kmart is dead in the USA, so the buyer is probably Australian or New Zealander.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (8 children)

or it's a tweet from 10+ years ago

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Also the clock says it's 17 degrees Celsius, although to be fair I think it's established that the clock is unreliable.

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Clearly it's set to metric time

[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

9.7 kiloseconds for my metric friends

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 9 months ago (6 children)

What are the laws in the US regarding this? In Germany, this clock is clearly defective and must be repaired or replaced or refunded by the vendor at no additional charge.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

In most places you can return it back for any reason and without one, if you still have a receipt.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

At least within a relatively short time period, like 30 or 90 days.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But how do you measure time if the clock is broken?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You count? one mississipi, two mississipi etc

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

I don't know if there are laws about it but most places will let you return for store credit at least.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 9 months ago

That clock obviously runs on military time. Easy mistake to make.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 9 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Yes. Theres still a few surviving stores in America.

and there is a KMart in Australia that is totally unconnected to the other Kmarts that.. I believe is still doing well? Not sure, not aussie.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Kmart here is still doing well.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 9 months ago

This broken clock never right once!

[–] [email protected] 34 points 9 months ago

This clock is clearly using the galactic alphabet. Buyer should have looked before buying.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 9 months ago (2 children)

always check the packaging to make sure you're buying a clock that's base 60. Especially from Kmart

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago

Can confirm my base 60 clock from Kmart says its 42:32pm right now.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Money exchanged hands though, so it accomplished its purpose (of tricking the buyer). :-(

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago

We converted to decimal time.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's obviously Fri Apr 24 1970 02:22:39 GMT+0000 in Unix time.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

It's upside down. The time is LL:6.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago

All y'all guessing this is Australia are correct, dude's got it listed on his profile. https://twitter.com/Sheeds1984 This is also his pinned tweet, he's probably enjoying the fame.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The clock in my car says that the year is 2165. Sometimes it corrects itself to the right year after a while, sometimes it doesn't. 🤷‍♀️

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