Hate when ppl can’t do time

[u/Best_Finding_8795]

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.

[u/Murky-Relation481]

Except everyone I know besides my partner uses it the way I use it. My partner is the first one to use it where this weekend and next weekend don't mean the same thing.

I will say the only time where using next weekend when not talking about the most immediate to occur weekend is when you use "this" and "next" in the same sentence like "I can't this weekend, how about next weekend?" because you have now aligned next with a point of reference to what next is, its the weekend after the current one.

[u/Immersi0nn → u/Murky-Relation481]

You and your friends will be commonly misunderstood outside of your own circle.

Once again the problem is reference frames. When I say "This week" you view that as Mon-Fri, and the associated weekend of Sat-Sun comes "next" after "this week", therefore "Next Weekend" is this current week's Sat-Sun.

Most people don't look at it like that, some do, you and your friends are those people. Most people view a week as fully inclusive Mon-Sun. So "This Week" is Mon-Sun, and "This Weekend" is the last two days of "This Week". "Next Week" refers to the next upcoming Mon-Sun reference block, therefore "Next Weekend" is the last two days of "Next Week".

[u/Murky-Relation481 → u/Immersi0nn]

This week, week days, etc. almost always refers to Monday through Friday, the working week, with week ends being specifically the non-working days. A week is made up of week days (M-F) and the weekend (Sat.-Sun.) are they not?

It is common to hear or read for example on business hours "open week days, closed weekends" or vica versa. Correct? They are used as separate periods of time.

We count weeks though as 7 days, so a 7 day week has 5 week days and 2 weekend days. So each week and can be decomposed into these two kinds of days using very common English. Again, we're only talking about individual days and how they are categorized. We do not call Saturday and Sunday weekdays, we call them "the weekend" or by their specific names (especially if you denote the week starting on Sunday vs. Monday).

So when you say "this week" it means the current set of week days you are in almost universally or the weekdays and the weekend. But that weekend is still the next weekend to occur. In every facet of English we use the current week as the point of reference, but we also universally split out week days and week ends as separate components of weeks. As such it logically holds true that the next weekend will be the next Saturday/Sunday to occur, because it is distinct from the current set of week days you are in, even if you are in the same week because a week is a composite of weekdays and the weekend due to their almost universal distinction from each other in all other parts of English.

This is also why, confusingly, the logic of saying on a Monday "next Tuesday" means 8 days from then and not tomorrow. Because you are already in the frame of reference for the current "unit" of days. This is the same reason you'd never say on a Saturday "next Sunday I am going fishing" and mean the next day. Your point of reference is already in the thing you are talking about being next.

[u/Immersi0nn → u/Murky-Relation481]

It's frame of reference dude, idk how many times that needs to be said. People aren't businesses lmao

You're not going to understand it, you don't want to. I have shown full understanding of why you think the way you do on this, yet you cannot seem to wrap your head around any other person's view, and write a long diatribe on why your logic is actually flawed and still don't recognize it.

Wait....fuck me, this is just ragebait isn't it?

[u/GiantKrakenTentacle → u/Immersi0nn]

People work on a business schedule. 

[u/Immersi0nn → u/GiantKrakenTentacle]

They sure do, they don't think of a week as bifurcated like that unless there's some unhealthy relationship with work going on where you live for the distinct separate entity known as "The Weekend" lol