• Salamander
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    121 month ago

    The split between “Today” and “Tomorrow” is at midnight, not when one sleeps/wakes up.

    This comes up often after midnight when my girlfriend asks me about “tomorrow”. Why discuss breakfast for tomorrow when we still haven’t had breakfast today??

    • @Jarix@lemmy.world
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      51 month ago

      I guess my hill is to fight you on this.

      They current day isnt over until you wake up, or the sun comes up

    • @starman2112@sh.itjust.works
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      1 month ago

      Must disagree. If today ended at midnight, then my streak of watching at least one episode of a TV show every single day would have been broken years ago. No, today ends when I go to sleep, even if it’s at noon on what is your tomorrow

      • Salamander
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        31 month ago

        Our relationship is built on tiny hills to die on. Of course, it is always playful 😜

        She will use a common grammatical construction in Spanish (“a por”) that became technically correct in Spain (where she is from) long after the conquest. I am from Mexico, where that construction is not used (we don’t insert the “a” before “por”). So, when she uses “a por” I act like I don’t understand and argue that it is not in the spanish her ancestors taught mine.

      • Salamander
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        21 month ago

        I will know what they mean, but if I notice it is 12:01 I will absolutely take the opportunity to respond as if they meant 1 minute ago

    • @corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      21 month ago

      You may want to ask a member of the cult of the subgenius the difference between “real” midnight and “conspiracy” midnight.