Has anything that’s been taken for granted by other people ever been moderately (or very) annoying to you?

For example, for me it’s things like: The fact that a Day is apparently 24 hours, but we literally have only 12 hours of daylight. I mean, nobody says “Hey, I’ll meet you on the 15th hour Today.” Not unless they use military clock time.

Even if people started using military clock time more often… STILL, why treat Day & Night combined, like it’s just a Day? Quite frankly, I think it’s a shitty time measurement if we’re not using military clock time. Society needs to pick a lane, if you ask me.

Another thing is X Box & Microsoft. I just don’t like Microsoft pairing with X Box. Don’t know why. I just don’t like their collaboration.

I don’t know what bothers you, but these are just examples. What is something that bothers you, but is seemingly taken for granted among everyday members of society?

For example, for me it’s things like: The fact that a Day is apparently 24 hours, but we literally have only 12 hours of daylight. I mean, nobody says “Hey, I’ll meet you on the 15th hour Today.” Not unless they use military clock time.

Even if people started using military clock time more often… STILL, why treat Day & Night combined, like it’s just a Day? Quite frankly, I think it’s a shitty time measurement if we’re not using military clock time. Society needs to pick a lane, if you ask me.

Because... that's how long it takes for the planet to spine a full rotation. "Day" as in a calendar day, is less cumbersome than "planetary rotation.

Another thing is X Box & Microsoft. I just don’t like Microsoft pairing with X Box. Don’t know why. I just don’t like their collaboration.

I'm going to give you a moment to think about this. Think really, really hard.

votp said:
Because... that's how long it takes for the planet to spine a full rotation. "Day" as in a calendar day, is less cumbersome than "planetary rotation.

No, he absolutely has a point with this one. The word "day" can either refer to "day" or "day and night." Using "day" to refer to a full rotation may be convenient, but it really isn't any more reasonable or effective than using the word "night," is it? But you can see how that might be a problem. There would be no source of confusion, ever, if there was simply a different word used for a full rotation, instead of one that can mean two very different things. But as it stands, "40 days" can refer to "40 days and 40 nights" or "40 periods of daylight" i.e. workdays. There is no common distinction between these things.

I have a grievance with any word that can also mean a part of the thing it refers to.

Another bad one is "biweekly," which thanks to constant misuse, is just as likely to refer to "twice a week" as "once every two weeks." Having both of these definitions makes the word useless, and every time someone uses it they have to clarify.

fenrick said:
No, he absolutely has a point with this one. The word "day" can either refer to "day" or "day and night." Using "day" to refer to a full rotation may be convenient, but it really isn't any more reasonable or effective than using the word "night," is it? But you can see how that might be a problem. There would be no source of confusion, ever, if there was simply a different word used for a full rotation, instead of one that can mean two very different things. But as it stands, "40 days" can refer to "40 days and 40 nights" or "40 periods of daylight" i.e. workdays. There is no common distinction between these things.

I have a grievance with any word that can also mean a part of the thing it refers to.

We do have a specific term for the twenty-four hour period that specifically refers to only that; Nychthemeron. I don't see that catching on in use any time soon, however. As for the multiples; functionally, 40 Days, 40 Nights, and 40 Days and Nights are effectively the same measurement when it comes to describing that length of time.

fenrick said:
Another bad one is "biweekly," which thanks to constant misuse, is just as likely to refer to "twice a week" as "once every two weeks." Having both of these definitions makes the word useless, and every time someone uses it they have to clarify.

Remind me again why US English dropped Fortnight?

magnuseffect said:
Remind me again why US English dropped Fortnight?

Epic Games did this.

votp said:
We do have a specific term for the twenty-four hour period that specifically refers to only that; Nychthemeron. I don't see that catching on in use any time soon, however. As for the multiples; functionally, 40 Days, 40 Nights, and 40 Days and Nights are effectively the same measurement when it comes to describing that length of time.

Problem is, even if it did catch on, the word "day" would still probably retain both meanings. There is no way to recover from these things...

fenrick said:
Epic Games did this.

Epic Games is only the reason it can never come back in US English, not the reason it was gone to begin with

magnuseffect said:
Epic Games is only the reason it can never come back in US English, not the reason it was gone to begin with

I can sow twenty rods and a chain of fields in an hour, m'lord.