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Dumbass just has it upside down it’s actually just LL:6
Ah that make sense . These karma whore i tell ya.
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.
Banana for orientation
did you just assume my orientation?
I guess that depends what you do with the banana
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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…
Did you try setting it to Wumbo?
LL:6 already! I’m late for my harmonica recital!
The thermometer Celsius sign and the precipitation percentage sign indicate that this is in fact the correct orientation
You mean
%65
And
)•L1
Both seem like perfectly cromulant measurements to me.
Maybe it’s in Spanish mode.
I think that was sarcasm.
El El Seis?! He’s HERE?!
You Americans with your imperial system. 9:77 o’clock is 10:17 in metric. /s
I see the s, but you have it backwards. 9:77 is clearly metric time, with 100 minutes per hour…
ackshually … the French really tried something like that https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_time
Centons
OP said Kmart, Kmart is dead in the USA, so the buyer is probably Australian or New Zealander.
Kmart isn’t completely dead in the US. There are two in the states, three in the US Virgin Islands, and one in Guam
or it’s a tweet from 10+ years ago
Which makes waaaaaay more sense as everyone uses their phone for alarms now rather than a fucking clock lmao
Ummm I still use a clock. It played the radio which I like as an alarm better. Plus you can hit the snooze so easily.
I don’t think Twitter was founded by the time Kmart left the big cities around 20 years ago.
I can guarantee there was a K-Mart in Sacramento, CA, at LEAST until 2019, possibly 2022 but my memory of being in the area in 2022 is hazy
Twitter def existed well before they were gone from populated areas
Last time I set foot in a K mart was in 2015 in Greensboro NC.
Wow, they were all out from the DFW metroplex and only found in rural cities by 2005 at the latest in TX. I thought they had all closed down by 2015.
Also the clock says it’s 17 degrees Celsius, although to be fair I think it’s established that the clock is unreliable.
I assume the 59% is humidity? So they took the time to make the clock indicate humidity but couldn’t make it indicate time.
No it is just 59% just in case you need to know how much percent it is.
how much percent what is?
It
Maybe it’s a certainty. The clock is 59% sure that it is 9:77 right now.
A great man once said Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. … so why not temperature too?
Money exchanged hands though, so it accomplished its purpose (of tricking the buyer). :-(
I’m sure he can return it to Kmart though
I don’ didn’t know there were still Kmarts around. Dollar stores and Wally World replaced them all in my part of the country.
Kmart is still really big in Australia and New Zealand. It’s mostly replaced target, and we don’t really do chain dollar stores (we do have them, just they aren’t called dollar stores most of the time and are usually small little independent ones in the corner of shopping centres)
Even so, it has already accomplished its purpose. Dealing with returns is the job of the next CEO - this one has already gotten theirs, ca-ching 🤑 !
Clearly it’s set to metric time
That’s 9.7 kiloseconds for my metric friends
Decimal time is the representation of the time of day using units which are decimally related. This term is often used specifically to refer to the French Republican calendar time system used in France from 1794 to 1800, during the French Revolution, which divided the day into 10 decimal hours, each decimal hour into 100 decimal minutes and each decimal minute into 100 decimal seconds (100000 decimal seconds per day), as opposed to the more familiar standard time, which divides the day into 24 hours, each hour into 60 minutes and each minute into 60 seconds (86400 SI seconds per day).
That sounds like a better way to me. 🤔
That’s obviously Fri Apr 24 1970 02:22:39 GMT+0000 in Unix time.
+0000 implies the need for ±9999 hours difference relative to gmt
There are still Kmarts??
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.
Kmart here is still doing well.
Target and KMart are merged in aussielandia now, arent they? and operate as one store?
Yeah they merged last year, but its still a work in progress and we still have distinct kmarts and targets
Remaining Targets are being assimilated into the Kmart universe. Resistance is futile.
Target doesn’t dare to return to Canada LOL.
I swear to god it feels like you guys are living in another dimension sometimes. Lol truly don’t mean that in a bad way just so very different from what I’m used to, but, very similar to the West.
Wow. I thought there were no more KMarts in the US. Turns out there are two in the States, three in the US Virgin Islands, and one in Guam
The old Kmart headquarters building that’s been abandoned rotting away as urban decay next to a fancy mall for since before the new millennium where the executives allegedly had cocaine parties in the 80s (which may have negatively affected the company’s outcome) is finally being professionally torn down by construction crewmen. It’s so fucking ugly beige reddish rust 80s office building its parts should be buried with humanity’s nuclear waste
Lowsy Smarch weather!
Perhaps try a store that still actually exists, next time?
Kmart does exist…
Funny. They are on Lemmy.world but yet, forgot the world exists.
But it is weird to find out that a store known for cheap garbage and bad stores that went out of business is doing just fine on the murderous animal island so I get why they are confused.
This clock is clearly using the galactic alphabet. Buyer should have looked before buying.
Should ring in 13 minutes
You found the extra matter in the universe! Incredible!
always check the packaging to make sure you’re buying a clock that’s base 60. Especially from Kmart
And always check the store to make sure you are buying it from a store based on earth, not mars.
Can confirm my base 60 clock from Kmart says its 42:32pm right now.
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.
In most places you can return it backs for any reason and without one, if you still have a receipt.
At least within a relatively short time period, like 30 or 90 days.
But how do you measure time if the clock is broken?
You count? one mississipi, two mississipi etc
One mippipipi… two mippipipi…
You could definitely get it repaired/replaced by the manufacturer
But, would you? You can probably return it to where you bought it, but that’s at least 10 mins of your life.
You could also throw it in the trash… That takes 0 minutes. That’s what they hope you’ll do, and so every other option is made possible, but frustrating
Please recycle electronics. Thanks!
How? I recycle e-waste personally, because I find disassembling it relaxing.
What is a normal person meant to do? I’ve been asked and I don’t know what to tell them
I’m sure most local/county recycling centers take electronics along with other recyclables (mine does). If not, retailers like Best Buy will take them at the customer service desk. Also, we have an electronic scrap bin at my place of employment, which is what I normally use. So many options!
I don’t know if there are laws about it but most places will let you return for store credit at least.
Kmart is still a thing? Is this the 90s?
Probably Australia, Kmart is still alive and well there.
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.
