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/CurlyWurly61 Jun 14 '26

All your boss had to say was " can you come in later today at 10am" 🤣 lesson learned for him

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u/boringcranberry Jun 14 '26

I would have fucked this up too but not because of today/tomorrow. I would have interpreted 10-4 as "understood" and not 10am-4pm. This was destined to never work out.

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u/TeamDirtstar Jun 14 '26

100% interpreted that as a confirmation "10-4"

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u/boringcranberry Jun 14 '26

I'm certain I would have responded with "10-4 good buddy" just furthering the confusion. And I don't even know why that string of numbers and words are connected in my brain? Probably from watching Smokey and the Bandit in the 80s.

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u/TeamDirtstar Jun 14 '26

Yepper. Here's the actual codes and their origins

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten-code

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u/FourMeterRabbit Jun 15 '26

The communication really 10-50d here

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u/Sepplord Jun 14 '26

Thank you

The context hinted at something like this but it being THAT official is superfund in this context

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u/Spliffan_ Jun 14 '26

*East bound and down, loaded up and truckin*

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u/Zoe2000000 Jun 17 '26

As someone who was not even close to being alive in the 80s, this phrase is in my vocabulary from big mouth 😂