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[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 201 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

Thursday = 4/7 = 0.571

8pm = 20/24 = 0.833

October = 10/12 = 0.833

Saturday =6/7 = 0.857

Unless you only count work days, then Thurs = 4/5 = 0.8

I rest my case

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 102 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] SurfinBird@lemmy.ca 65 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This counts as peer review ^^

[–] pturn1@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Submitting to the Journal of Useful Bullshit.

Some fancy academic website will charge us $40 to read our own work and we won’t get paid.

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[–] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thursday is 5/7 if you're one of those uncivilized people who start the week in Sunday.

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I like to think of weekends like bookends, sandwiching the work week between freedom.

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 month ago (4 children)

To me the weekend is the end of the week. I don't start the week on its end, so by elimination the week starts on Monday.

I can respect this.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

But it also finishes on a Friday, so 4/5, not 4/7.

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[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Start it when it ends, turn it upside down, light the whole thing on fire. Pure anarchy.

[–] Telcontar@lemmy.today 23 points 1 month ago

This is incredible

[–] Quexotic@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago

Rocksolid argument.

[–] PmMeFrogMemes@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

ok yes October being equivalent to Saturday makes much more sense. best day of the week = best month of the year

Don't some cultures start their calendar week on Saturday? If so then Thursday is 6/7 for that specific use case.

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[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 73 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They're all almost the end of the thing but not the very end. Of course they're the same thing.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 58 points 1 month ago (5 children)

They're also round, warm colored, and soft/smooth. I will not be taking follow up questions.

[–] dariusj18@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Sounds like someone has synesthesia.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Synesthesia is a fascinating affliction.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I beg to differ. It's just a state of being.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I sincerely hesitated before posting that, unsure of the word "affliction." I've only ever known one person with it and they didn't seem to suffer from it. However, their view of the world absolutely was fascinating.

I intend no denigration of anyone with synesthesia. However, for anyone with it reading this, I'd love to learn more from you.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I see them as all darker colored, like a sunset but not quite night.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Weekends are always dark to me, I kind of hate it.

[–] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thursday is like this.

I literally cannot for the life of me explain why.

But خميس? The name of Thursday in my native Arabic?

Ah but Jeudi, the French name. Sun high in the sky. Very round.

I cannot even begin to explain.

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[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Really ? that's too funny... to me they're warm, a bit soft, balanced & fair, and very finely textured

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[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] anomoly_@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This broke me. The dot … over the i. That broke me. I’m … I’m done.

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[–] weariedfae@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I agree with October and 8 pm but not Thursday. Thursday is too yellow to be October.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

October is way more yellow than Thursdsay.

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[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

October is too golden and burnt umber to not be Thursday.

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[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago

Thursday is purple though.

[–] hactar42@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is there a word for the thing before the penultimate? Because that would be it.

[–] cazssiew@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago
[–] nelly_man@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And following (or preceding) that, there is: preantepenultimate and propreantepenultimate.

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[–] Michal@programming.dev 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

"Octo" in October means eight. Makes sense.

I don't know about Thursday, i dont feel the same connection.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"Octo" in October means eight.

Well it did, then some assholes named Julius and Augustus had to fuck it up. Somebody should stab one of those fuckers

[–] roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Common misconception.

July and August were renamed. The original names were derived from five and six. The extra two months that threw everything off were January and February. When 5-10 were named January and February didn't even have names, it was just that cold period when there was no planting or harvesting. There were a bunch of other changes to the calendar over the centuries before we got where we are too.

Decent overview here: https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-ancient-roman-calendar-history-months-saints.html

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[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 month ago

Somebody should stab one of those fuckers

I have some fantastic news for you

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

It's the eighth day of the week, duh.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

You really can't explain it? This is the peak of what that noggin is capable of?

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago

It feels more like 7pm to me

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wrong.

Thur 4/7 October 10/12 8pm. 8/12

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Take out weekends and include all 24 hours of the day:

Thursday 4/5 = 0.8
October 10/12 = 0.833
8pm 20/24 = 0.833

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I know October kind of implies this but I'd add Halloween to this group.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Oh I get it, mid to late year, mid to late week, and mid to late in the day.

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