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minus-squareflamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down6·edit-210 days agoThis is why I will always maintain that 12 AM is noon, even if barely anyone agrees with me. It’s not like this is a settled matter anyway.
minus-squaredaed@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 days agoThe Canadian way is intriguing. They don’t fuck around, no am no pm, they just call it noon or midnight.
minus-squaredamnthefilibuster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 days agoThat feels correct, doesn’t it? There are always going to be special cases in all our human systems. Why not treat them as such? It’s so much easier to say 12 noon and 12 midnight (or even skip the 12 if you wanna).
This is why I will always maintain that 12 AM is noon, even if barely anyone agrees with me. It’s not like this is a settled matter anyway.
The Canadian way is intriguing. They don’t fuck around, no am no pm, they just call it noon or midnight.
That feels correct, doesn’t it? There are always going to be special cases in all our human systems. Why not treat them as such? It’s so much easier to say 12 noon and 12 midnight (or even skip the 12 if you wanna).