▲ 1075 ▼ America (lemmy.ml) submitted 4 months ago by InterestingUsername@lemmy.ml to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 197 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 39 points 4 months ago* (2 children) 12:30PM means 30 minutes after 12-noon. Anyone saying that and meaning the middle of the night is just wrong, and if that's a genuine thing people do it would drive me quite mad. 30 minutes after midnight is 12:30AM permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] exu@feditown.com 28 points 4 months ago (4 children) Perfectly illustrates how it doesn't make sense. I can get behind 11.30pm 12.30pm 1.30am Or 11.30pm 0.30am 1.30am But 11.30pm 12.30am 1.30am just doesn't make sense. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago* You start counting the hours to the next noon at midnight, duh. That's why it's ante-meridian, and the beginning of a new day. If you want to go around calling it 00:30, most people would understand, even in America. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago i would like to suggest, instead of 1230pm and 1230am we do 1230m and 1230n. one for midnight and one for noon. or one for night and one for munchies. i forget. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Did you mix up the first and third place? Because if 12:00 is "m", it makes more sense for 12:30am to be night. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 4 months ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 23 points 4 months ago As I said, it always fucks me up. The AM/PM indicator wraps at a different hour than the hours. Aaargh! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] exu@feditown.com 28 points 4 months ago (4 children) Perfectly illustrates how it doesn't make sense. I can get behind 11.30pm 12.30pm 1.30am Or 11.30pm 0.30am 1.30am But 11.30pm 12.30am 1.30am just doesn't make sense. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago* You start counting the hours to the next noon at midnight, duh. That's why it's ante-meridian, and the beginning of a new day. If you want to go around calling it 00:30, most people would understand, even in America. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago i would like to suggest, instead of 1230pm and 1230am we do 1230m and 1230n. one for midnight and one for noon. or one for night and one for munchies. i forget. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Did you mix up the first and third place? Because if 12:00 is "m", it makes more sense for 12:30am to be night. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 4 months ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago* You start counting the hours to the next noon at midnight, duh. That's why it's ante-meridian, and the beginning of a new day. If you want to go around calling it 00:30, most people would understand, even in America. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago i would like to suggest, instead of 1230pm and 1230am we do 1230m and 1230n. one for midnight and one for noon. or one for night and one for munchies. i forget. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Did you mix up the first and third place? Because if 12:00 is "m", it makes more sense for 12:30am to be night. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 23 points 4 months ago As I said, it always fucks me up. The AM/PM indicator wraps at a different hour than the hours. Aaargh! permalink fedilink source parent
