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arrow-up1272imagerulelemm.eeirelephant 🍭@lemm.ee to 196English · 3 days agomessage-square34fedilinkcross-posted to: 196
minus-squarespooky2092linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 days agoIt’s midnight, because noon is 12PM.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoWhich makes no sense either, by the way. “PM” means “post meridiem”, literally “after noon”. It’s not twelve hours after noon at noon.
minus-squarespooky2092linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThat logic doesn’t make sense if you do am as well though, since 4 am (ante meridian, before midday) is not 4 hours before midday.
minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 hours agoWhich further demonstrates that the am/pm system is completely imbecilic
It’s midnight, because noon is 12PM.
Which makes no sense either, by the way. “PM” means “post meridiem”, literally “after noon”. It’s not twelve hours after noon at noon.
That logic doesn’t make sense if you do am as well though, since 4 am (ante meridian, before midday) is not 4 hours before midday.
Which further demonstrates that the am/pm system is completely imbecilic
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