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Do you live somewhere not far from Greenwich meridian? Because otherwise "oh, it's 03am, high noon, time for lunch" or "13h00, bed time" feels awkward to me...
by ifdefdebug 6y ago
Do you live somewhere not far from Greenwich meridian? Because otherwise "oh, it's 03am, high noon, time for lunch" or "13h00, bed time" feels awkward to me...
- tooltower 6y agoOne can argue that's just social conditioning. If you grew up with 3 am being lunch time, then it won't feel awkward. And you'll just accept that everyone in the world has a different lunchtime.
- heterodoxxed 6y agoYou're right, it is social conditioning; like a warm December in Australia.
- chias 6y agoIf you grew up with 3am being lunch time it won't feel awkward, until of course you move somewhere where 3am is sleep time and then it's awkward again.
- notahacker 6y agoA mid-morning switch of date would take a bit more getting used to, but yeah, the time alignment isn't that weird considering we already handle quirks like some cultures having mid afternoon naps
- ogre_codes 6y agoI think switching days in the middle of the workday is the single biggest good argument for time zones. When lunch is is something you’d get used to quick. Having it be Monday before lunch and Tuesday after would be a head F*. It would also screw with date calculations in a big way. Having the whole of North America on one big time zone would be fairly easy. This is basically what China does.
- ogre_codes 6y agoNo, don’t live near Greenwich but I’ve never quite understood why 12:00 is lunch time, it’s just an arbitrary number. My lunch time is 20:00 Zulu. It’s just as relevant a number as 12:00 PST.