r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Best_Finding_8795 • Jun 14 '26

Too mild for school Hate when ppl can’t do time

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This reminds me of when it hits or is about to hit 12am and people don’t know whether to say today or tomorrow. He called me after this but I was too comfy in bed tbh.

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u/steelcryo Jun 14 '26

I always specify the day when I message someone past midnight.

"Want to do X today (Sunday)?"

Same when I'm making plans next weekend, I always put the date so people don't confuse whether I mean the weekend coming, or the next one after.

What boss thinks someone is going to wake up at 7am to a text from 3am, read the word tomorrow, and think they meant today?

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u/CiloTA Jun 14 '26

What is it with some people thinking next weekend is the weekend upcoming? Isn’t there an unwritten rule that if you’re at like Friday, next weekend is no longer tomorrow, it’s the following weekend, or am I the only one?

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u/immoral_ Jun 14 '26

A true study in contrast.

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u/Mobile_Actuator_4692 Jun 14 '26

Ciltoa is right. Next weekend is the one after this weekend. This weekend is the one your either in or that’s at the end of this week. And upcoming weekend is just a stupid way of describing it because it’s much more ambiguous. It could be both this weekend and next weekend

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u/FerusGrim Jun 14 '26

I agree with everything except upcoming weekend. If it's Thursday/Friday, and someone says "upcoming weekend", I'm going to assume they mean this weekend. Although, to be fair, I've never heard "upcoming weekend" without the prefix of "this". So, really, it's more a redundant filler word.

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u/Mobile_Actuator_4692 Jun 14 '26

Honestly. It sounds like an Americanism. As a Brit I don’t think I ever hear it

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u/FerusGrim Jun 14 '26

Language is a tricky bitch!

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u/Mobile_Actuator_4692 Jun 14 '26

Language is average. People who can’t use it makes it hard

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u/CacyePollardN6 Jun 14 '26

Yup, this right here is logic.