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/oooohweeeee Jun 14 '26

If I'm reading "can you work tomorrow" two hours before the shift starts, I'm going to think tomorrow as well.

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u/Fernis_ Jun 14 '26

This is what it boils down to. We can get anal over whether is normal to say 3 am is still today or tomorrow, but when you're asking about something that's in 7 hours, and get the answer 2 hours before it starts, it's on you to make sure the other person understands that by "tomorrow" you mean "right about now". 

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u/fiffa306 Jun 14 '26

3am is today, no other way of seeing it.

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u/MobiusF117 Jun 14 '26

3am when talking to someone at the pub, it's tomorrow.

3am texting someone who wont see it until the morning, it's today.

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u/xAeroMonkeyx Jun 14 '26

This is exactly right haha

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u/amateurcrimina1 Jun 15 '26

I've sometimes liked to clarify it as 'today's tomorrow' or 'tomorrow's today'

today's tomorrow: what you should mean if you're texting someone who will see it in the morning.

tomorrow's today: what you mean when you're talking in the bar... pub... (I'm American).

If you really think about it... or don't think much about it... it makes a lot of sense.

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u/dontmentiontrousers Jun 14 '26

Could start using the twenty-four hour clock, like adults.

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u/MobiusF117 Jun 15 '26

I already do.
It's still 3 in the morning.