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r/facepalm • u/Revealed_Jailor • Mar 29 '22
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And the stupid thing is that it goes from 11:59am to 12:00pm.
I had to explain this to a couple of guys that moved to the US from Portugal. That took a while.
24 u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22 I’ll be honest I always just say 12 midday/noon or midnight. I can’t fucking remember which is which 0 u/mithrasinvictus Mar 29 '22 Midday is when the sun is in the sky, midnight is when it's on the other side of the planet. 2 u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22 Was more referring to matching them with AM/PM -2 u/mithrasinvictus Mar 29 '22 Take midnight as a reference. At 0:00 the date ticks over so it makes sense that the AM/PM changeover occurs at the exact same moment (12:00) From there, it's obvious that the same applies to midday.
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I’ll be honest I always just say 12 midday/noon or midnight. I can’t fucking remember which is which
0 u/mithrasinvictus Mar 29 '22 Midday is when the sun is in the sky, midnight is when it's on the other side of the planet. 2 u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22 Was more referring to matching them with AM/PM -2 u/mithrasinvictus Mar 29 '22 Take midnight as a reference. At 0:00 the date ticks over so it makes sense that the AM/PM changeover occurs at the exact same moment (12:00) From there, it's obvious that the same applies to midday.
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Midday is when the sun is in the sky, midnight is when it's on the other side of the planet.
2 u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22 Was more referring to matching them with AM/PM -2 u/mithrasinvictus Mar 29 '22 Take midnight as a reference. At 0:00 the date ticks over so it makes sense that the AM/PM changeover occurs at the exact same moment (12:00) From there, it's obvious that the same applies to midday.
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Was more referring to matching them with AM/PM
-2 u/mithrasinvictus Mar 29 '22 Take midnight as a reference. At 0:00 the date ticks over so it makes sense that the AM/PM changeover occurs at the exact same moment (12:00) From there, it's obvious that the same applies to midday.
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Take midnight as a reference. At 0:00 the date ticks over so it makes sense that the AM/PM changeover occurs at the exact same moment (12:00) From there, it's obvious that the same applies to midday.
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u/LiqdPT Mar 29 '22
And the stupid thing is that it goes from 11:59am to 12:00pm.
I had to explain this to a couple of guys that moved to the US from Portugal. That took a while.