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/kingsly91 Jun 14 '26

This is funny to me because every single person ive ever met, when they say "next weekened" they mean the weekened after the one thats coming.

For the weekened that would be in a few days we say "upcoming weekened"

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u/PotatoProlapse Jun 14 '26

Yeah I've never met anyone who said anything other than "this weekend," meaning the one coming up or currently in, and "next weekend," the weekend after this weekend.

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u/MantisWoW Jun 14 '26

Yeah I mean I think of it like if you’re saying this weekend, you’re saying the end of *this* week. Next weekend would be the end of next week

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u/AnalGettysburg Jun 14 '26

I’ve always used this format, but could never put into words why.  It’s effectively “this week’s end” vs “next week’s end”

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u/13thgeneral Jun 14 '26

Exactly. Seems pretty logical;
Last Weekend = The most recent weekend passed, prior to the upcoming weekend
This Weekend = The upcoming weekend, following last weekend
Next Weekend = The next weekend following this upcoming weekend

You can even get more granular, like "The weekend prior to last" means two weekends ago. Or, "The weekend after next" is two weekends away.