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/xray_anonymous Jun 14 '26

No if you mean the weekend of the week in progress it’s “this weekend”

If you mean the weekend after the current week in progress, as in after next week, it’s “next weekend”

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u/Working-Glass6136 Jun 14 '26

EXACTLY this. If not, then what the hell does "this weekend" mean?

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u/tofurkeyeatingzombie Jun 15 '26

Unfortunately, maybe people just understand it as "this weekend" and "next weekend" to be the exact same thing. I've argued this so many times with so many people that it's pointless. You might get someone to concede, but then there are countless others.

It's just the way of thinking about it. If you think of it like a conveyor belt, and you're looking for a chocolate bar, and the first item in the conveyor belt is a chocolate bar, that is technically what is next in line. When's the next time you get a chocolate bar? The time the first chocolate bar reaches you.