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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 56 points 5 days ago (6 children)

Funday. Exists between Saturday and Sunday.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 19 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Makes sense - after you've recharged, but before you have to prepare mentally and physically for the next week.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 11 points 5 days ago

Exactly!

Saturday is my day to get stuff done, and Sunday is just preparing for Monday. Hence: Funday.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

Yeah, my job is pretty chill, honestly.

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Work should be illegal on Funday.

[–] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

Funday? Capitalists will be having none of that!

[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I work a weird sche, 2 on, 2 off, 3 on and then the next week it flips. So every other week working friday-sunday, or I'm off those days.

An the one hand I support this because 3 day weekends are fucking great and everyone should have them

On the other hand, I have a feeling that would change my schedule to 2-2-4, and while 4 day weekends are even better than 3 days, I'd probably be stuck working 4 days in a row on my working weekends

[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Didn’t this happen in the cartoon Doug?

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 4 points 5 days ago

You've unlocked a memory (Doug) but not the specifics. So, maybe?

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[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 24 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Threesday, coming straight after Twosday.

[–] justanotheruser4@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

In Portuguese is kind like that: Domingo 2a feira 3a feira 4a feira 5a feira 6a feira Sábado

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Cool, so loosely translated 1st day, 2nd day, 3rd day, 4th day, 5th day, Saturday, Sunday?? That is amazing, confusing maybe, but amazing!

[–] justanotheruser4@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah, but it begins on the 2nd day (Monday). They say it's because the Saturday was the 7th day in the bible (Shabat for the jews). So Sunday would be the 1st one, but it's not called 1a feira

[–] konalt@lemmy.world 22 points 5 days ago

Correct the record.

[–] figjam@midwest.social 6 points 4 days ago

Fraterday. The day of togetherness and brother/sisterhood

[–] ValiantDust@feddit.org 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Sextidi. It's what the sixth day was called in the French Revolutionary Calendar's ten-day week. But to follow the example of the ~~Roman~~ Gregorian calendar month-naming scheme, it will of course be the eighth day of the week. Also it contains the word "sex" which I expect will lead to both a lot of snickering teenagers and a lot of accidentally censored weekdays.

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 6 points 5 days ago

Sextidi? Spicy

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 13 points 5 days ago

Bjornsday

It would fit the mostly Nordic naming scheme but still credit me as the creator.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 12 points 5 days ago

I'd name it Someday just to mess up with people.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

"Hiddenday"

It would be a day locked away from everyone's consciousness until the day's arrival. You'd be expecting your normal 7 day week, and go to bed Sunday night. Then the day after Sunday you'd wake will full knowledge of Hiddenday and everything you've ever done on prior Hiddendays. You'd already have a plan and knowledge if you were choosing to go to work to earn extra money, if you'd be staying home resting just a bit more, or going out to spend time with friends or family. You'd go to sleep on Hiddenday night knowing you'd forget the specific details of what you did that day ( but that you'd have that knowledge back next Hiddenday in 7 days). You'd wake up Monday morning remembering yesterday was Sunday, but you'd have any knowledge you accumulated the hidden day prior. If you worked and are paid hourly, you'd see an extra 8 hours of pay on your payslip, and no one would ever question why there were more hours. You'd carry the same rested feeling you had going to sleep on Hiddenday night but not know exactly why. Your family would tell you how much they loved spending time with you this week, and you'd feel the same, but you couldn't put your finger on exactly which day that happened.

We'd all go to work on Monday thinking how wonderful it would be if there was a 8th day.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So February 29!

If we honored cyclical calendar - lunar calendar - rather than the antichrist calendar created by the false prophets of the false church created by the Nicean Council that excluded fifteen books from our collection of myths to further service to Mammon, at the cost of schisming ourselves from within ourselves and with the global population, these things wouldn't be necessary. They were not the first to do this, however. gesture brutally at neolithic history.

[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

I like your style

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 3 points 5 days ago

This is the only correct answer; we had another day and it was taken from us.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Here's a fun take for you: in Japanese its 月曜日、火曜日、水曜日、木曜日、金曜日、土曜日、and 日曜日, which translates to basically moon day, fire day, water day, tree day, metal day, earth day, and sun day--- although it's really celestial bodies, the very same mentioned in another comment (e g. Mars is the fire star, Tuesday).

It's supposedly derived from Chinese, though they probably got it from Romen influence given similarities.

Anyway, the eighth day probably needs to be 天王曜日 (which is basically heavenly king day) or 海王曜日 (sea god day, aka Neptune) but I'm unsatisfied with that. Plus, honestly it's way cooler as an elemental theme so my vote is 電曜日, denyoubi or electricity day, in honor of Pikachu. That day would be super effective.

[–] samsapti@feddit.dk 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

In Denmark we have a saying: "When there's two Thursdays in a week", which is used when someone asks you something like "when can we have this thing?" or "when will you do that thing?" or "when will you give me a million dollars?"

So, Thursday.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Also Tuesday, it comes after Friday except on even numbered years it's after odd numbered Mondays. On leap years it starts halfway through Wednesdays.

[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Daylast, primarily to screw up that stupid "Day ending in a y" joke.

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 4 points 4 days ago

Âäáàāåã

There are no words that start with â in romanian, so why not add one in english

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 days ago

Dayday, so it can be payday on dayday for the baybay

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

"I'll come up with a better name later" day

(Aka: Procrastination Day)

Why? I'll explain the reasoning later.

[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 6 points 5 days ago

EATTHERICHDAY

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Logsday, because meta

I'm gonna make it the only day that doesn't end in Y, It will be called Satyrd'eh.

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 5 days ago

Greenday - its always a day off, but no one is allowed to operate heavy machinery.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] isyasad@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The days of the week come from the Sun (Sunday), Moon (Monday), and classic 5 planets (Tuesday = Mars, Wednesday = Mercury, Thursday = Jupiter, Friday = Venus, Saturday = Saturn). This makes more sense in some other languages, for example Spanish: marte / martes, mercurio / miercoles. Saturn = Saturday though is almost obvious.

So if there were another day in the week, I have no choice but to either:

  • name it Earthday
  • name it after Uranus, the next discovered planet

This gives us precedent to create up to 10 days per week by including all 8 planets plus sun & moon.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 5 points 5 days ago (4 children)

the days in english are from old norse, no?

  • Sun's day
  • Moon's day
  • Tyr's day
  • Wodin's day
  • Thor's day
  • Freyr's day
  • Saturn's day (okay that ones roman)
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Smatterday. You can do whatever you want, because nothing smatters on Smatterday.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Nesday. Before Wednesday just to be awkward

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 3 points 5 days ago

Tinnyday. Comes before or after Wednesday depending on daylight savings, encourages a beer or a wine (or whatever beverage of your choosing) to relax. Business hours the following day do not start until 10am.

Delivery fees from online retailers are ineligible to charge delivery fees, local food orders must include a free canned beverage, people working in entertainment venues get double time.

[–] LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Calcday, other days of the week are named after gods, so I would add some scientific touch: Calculus day

[–] dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Sunday and Mo(o)nday are named after celestial bodies. Is astronomy not scientific enough for you?

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[–] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 days ago

Bring Modsday back

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 1 points 4 days ago

Transday - to piss off the bigots.

[–] Fedditor385@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Premonday, Octay

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