โฒ 527 โผ Whats your such opinion (discuss.tchncs.de) submitted 2 years ago by cryptix@discuss.tchncs.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml 1195 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[โ] tko@tkohhh.social 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) erm... 12am is midnight permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] Mrs_deWinter@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ahem. Oops. But in a way that's a good example for what I meant. You and me communicate time both in reference to the time of day, not a virtual time of the planet that means something else to everyone depending on location, and you easily could spot my mistake. So let's just say I did that on purpose. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] taladar@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Is being able to communicate about stuff like that casually, where you do not mean a specific time anyway, really worth the giant pile of pain that time zones add to actual scheduling? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] Mrs_deWinter@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) I mean what's more important to you, being able drop the info about time zones when scheduling international meetings, or preserving humanities ability to communicate time respectively to the actual time of day? I've lived in three countries so far and never actually had trouble scheduling anything. The concept of time of day on the other hand is pretty prevalent in my daily life. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] tko@tkohhh.social 2 points 2 years ago I suspect the language would change for those scenarios, so maybe you would say "I slept until midday" rather than "I slept until 12pm". permalink fedilink source parent [โ] taladar@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago It is easy to remember, the am/pm system works the way that doesn't make sense (10am,11am,12pm...10pm,11pm,12am) unless you mentally substitute 0 for every 12. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Mrs_deWinter@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ahem. Oops. But in a way that's a good example for what I meant. You and me communicate time both in reference to the time of day, not a virtual time of the planet that means something else to everyone depending on location, and you easily could spot my mistake. So let's just say I did that on purpose. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] taladar@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Is being able to communicate about stuff like that casually, where you do not mean a specific time anyway, really worth the giant pile of pain that time zones add to actual scheduling? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] Mrs_deWinter@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) I mean what's more important to you, being able drop the info about time zones when scheduling international meetings, or preserving humanities ability to communicate time respectively to the actual time of day? I've lived in three countries so far and never actually had trouble scheduling anything. The concept of time of day on the other hand is pretty prevalent in my daily life. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] tko@tkohhh.social 2 points 2 years ago I suspect the language would change for those scenarios, so maybe you would say "I slept until midday" rather than "I slept until 12pm". permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] taladar@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Is being able to communicate about stuff like that casually, where you do not mean a specific time anyway, really worth the giant pile of pain that time zones add to actual scheduling? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] Mrs_deWinter@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) I mean what's more important to you, being able drop the info about time zones when scheduling international meetings, or preserving humanities ability to communicate time respectively to the actual time of day? I've lived in three countries so far and never actually had trouble scheduling anything. The concept of time of day on the other hand is pretty prevalent in my daily life. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] tko@tkohhh.social 2 points 2 years ago I suspect the language would change for those scenarios, so maybe you would say "I slept until midday" rather than "I slept until 12pm". permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Mrs_deWinter@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) I mean what's more important to you, being able drop the info about time zones when scheduling international meetings, or preserving humanities ability to communicate time respectively to the actual time of day? I've lived in three countries so far and never actually had trouble scheduling anything. The concept of time of day on the other hand is pretty prevalent in my daily life. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] tko@tkohhh.social 2 points 2 years ago I suspect the language would change for those scenarios, so maybe you would say "I slept until midday" rather than "I slept until 12pm". permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] taladar@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago It is easy to remember, the am/pm system works the way that doesn't make sense (10am,11am,12pm...10pm,11pm,12am) unless you mentally substitute 0 for every 12. permalink fedilink source parent
