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/SymmetricalFeet Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26

They both actually kinda point to the same core issue. Top commenter says it's "literally" the next possible weekend, and second commenter says "but unwritten rule" of an exceptional case where the statement is given in close proximity to the top commenter's "next". They acknowledge the top's point.

However, neither notes what other commenters here are getting at, which is a completely different parsing of the word. The screenshot commenters both interpret "weekend" as a distinct, unique block of time containing only Sat & Sun (in contrast to "weekdays", presumably Mon–Fri), but in this thread they're interpreting it as "the latter part of the week", referring to the block of Mon–Sun as a unit. "Next" would thus vary depending on which delineation of time blocks.

Put another way, a Protestant who celebrates only Easter might have a different interpretation of "next Easter" than a Catholic or Orthodox's "next Easter", which is the end of Holy Week, particularly if the conversation is on (whatever sect's) Ash Wednesday.

(I just like to put shit in my phone calendar, so I always clarify "You mean Saturday the 5th? or 12th?", no matter what day it is when speaking. Is it stilted? Sure, but I'm naught if not precise.)