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This little bit of snark gave me a laugh: "The red stripe highlights the weekend. For the United States, where week starts on Sunday (but it is anyway considere

This little bit of snark gave me a laugh: "The red stripe highlights the weekend. For the United States, where week starts on Sunday (but it is anyway considered a part of weekend), alternative frames can be produced." Can I just say? Sunday and Saturday are the weekend because they are on each end of the week. If you stack them both up at the back, only Sunday would get to be the weekend. Saturday would just be the day before the end. A line has got two ends.

afterburner 13y ago
I seriously doubt most people think of it like that.
- officemonkey 13y ago
  That's exactly how people think of it in the U.S.
  - TeMPOraL 13y ago
    And that's exactly opposite of how people in Europe think. So here we go, it's a perfect example of rationalization - how humans can find any amount of reasons why their arbitrary choice is the natural one.
  - afterburner 13y ago
    Really, the "it's both ends of the week" thing? When Americans say "how was your weekend" do they really just mean either Saturday or Sunday? Or do they alternatively say "how were your weekends?", referring to both ends? I suspect the common response to the first is still a list of things you did on both Saturday and Sunday, even in the US.
ekianjo 13y ago
Erm, the rational usual understanding is that you refer to "weekend" as a period and not "week ends" in two separate words. Weekend = the end of the week, i.e. Saturday and Sunday. Isn't Sunday called the 7th Day of the Week in the religious tradition? Therefore Saturday should be 6th and Saturday and Sunday are both at the same "end".
Shish2k 13y ago
> A line has got two ends. A counterpoint of equal snark and uselessness: No, it has one "start" and one "end", especially if it's a one-way line.
- jaysonelliot 13y ago
  In which case the last day would be the end. The day before the last day would simply be the day before the weekend. And yes, it's all meant lightheartedly, as I assume the original sentence was.
hk__2 13y ago
This is not a line, it’s a time period.
anonymous 13y ago
For the life of me, I could never understand what compelled americans to switch from monday first to sunday first.

afterburner 13y ago

I seriously doubt most people think of it like that.

officemonkey 13y ago
That's exactly how people think of it in the U.S.
- TeMPOraL 13y ago
  And that's exactly opposite of how people in Europe think. So here we go, it's a perfect example of rationalization - how humans can find any amount of reasons why their arbitrary choice is the natural one.
- afterburner 13y ago
  Really, the "it's both ends of the week" thing? When Americans say "how was your weekend" do they really just mean either Saturday or Sunday? Or do they alternatively say "how were your weekends?", referring to both ends? I suspect the common response to the first is still a list of things you did on both Saturday and Sunday, even in the US.

ekianjo 13y ago

Erm, the rational usual understanding is that you refer to "weekend" as a period and not "week ends" in two separate words. Weekend = the end of the week, i.e. Saturday and Sunday. Isn't Sunday called the 7th Day of the Week in the religious tradition? Therefore Saturday should be 6th and Saturday and Sunday are both at the same "end".

Shish2k 13y ago

> A line has got two ends. A counterpoint of equal snark and uselessness: No, it has one "start" and one "end", especially if it's a one-way line.

jaysonelliot 13y ago
In which case the last day would be the end. The day before the last day would simply be the day before the weekend. And yes, it's all meant lightheartedly, as I assume the original sentence was.

hk__2 13y ago

This is not a line, it’s a time period.

anonymous 13y ago

For the life of me, I could never understand what compelled americans to switch from monday first to sunday first.