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Before this arbitrary system, catching a ride meant desperately guessing your town's localized high noon compared to the destination's wildly different noon.
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You didn't own a pocket watch; you literally just waited for the neighborhood monks to yank a giant rope so you knew it was finally time for lunch.
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You couldn't actually set the time. It was four AM or absolutely nothing, making sleeping in an utter impossibility for whoever bought one.
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Why let people rest together when you can stagger their weekends to maximize factory output? In 1929, the calendar was completely abolished in favor of a…
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Long before the invention of the mute button on video calls, you had the clepsydra. To prevent politicians from endlessly rambling in the assembly, they…
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Relying on literal shadows to tightly manage your schedule worked wonderfully until a cloudy week in winter completely ruined your entire itinerary.
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