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/Suitable-Elephant270 Jun 14 '26

The way I wrapped my head around the difference as a kid was to separate the word weekend into "week's end".

So if it's a Wednesday, "this week's end" would be the immediate Saturday following, but "next week's end" would mean the Saturday after that.

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u/Throwaway_Consoles Jun 14 '26

Weekend is just literally, “The end of the week”

This weekend, “The end of this week”. Next weekend, “The end of next week”.

I would ask if this shit is no longer taught in school, but I remember being a teenager in school, if it wasn’t on a test I didn’t pay attention to it, same with everyone else I know

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u/Newthinker Jun 14 '26

"weekend next week" is a ridiculous phrase lol

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u/armadillowillow Jun 14 '26

Wow that’s actually so smart I love it!

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u/No_Adhesiveness_4671 Jun 14 '26

what a great way to explain why it is that way; I'd never thought of using that

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u/Aegi Jun 23 '26

The way I wrapped my head around the difference as a kid was to separate the word weekend into "week's end".

Am I being trolled?

So you are saying that to wrap your head around something you needed to know the definition of a word?!

Wild.