Death Clocks & the Morbid Nature of Time

30 Morbid Minutes

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 731 Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Time can be a truly scary concept. In this episode, we investigate the personification of time, through imagery and art. We talk about chronophobia, the fear of time, and how Doomsday Clocks and Millennium Clocks exacerbate that fear. We take a look at what some of the world's richest people and most advanced scientific minds are doing to stop the progression of time. And finally, we examine how external forces like technology and the COVID pandemic have distorted our relationship with time, warping an already fragile mental construct. Go to http://shadyrays.com and use code 30MM to get 50% off 2 or more pairs of polarized sunglasses. Go listen to Tales From the Stinky Dragon wherever you get your podcasts! Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.2	Time doesn't stop and it's coming for all of us. Welcome to 30 Morbid Minutes.
0:54.1	This is the podcast where we explore topics and histories of a morbid, macab, dark, and downright
0:59.8	grisly nature.
1:01.0	I'm Elise Willems.
1:02.2	And I'm Jessica Vasami.
1:04.2	In 2016, an L.A.-based company called Seize the Day Technology debuted a novelty piece of home decor that sent the
1:12.5	internet into the throes of existential crisis, a digital clock. Not unlike the kind of clock
1:18.7	you might find on your nightstand, though. Well, a nightstand in a hotel room, I think,
1:23.1	because anecdotally speaking, most of us who are millennials are younger don't really use digital
1:27.2	clocks anymore.
1:28.0	We just use our phones, but that's neither here nor there. Continue, Jess.
1:31.2	But why, you might be asking yourself, would a digital clock cause so much of a hubbub?
1:37.7	This wasn't just any old clock. It was known as the 28 clock. The 28 clock's purpose was to tell a story of time,
1:46.2	but one that people don't usually like to hear.
1:49.0	It was designed to count down its owner's remaining days.
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