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I just got invited to a meeting for a time zone that doesn't exist this time of year. In the US EST does not stand for Eastern time, it stands for Eastern Standard Time (~November-~March), EST is not an active time zone, it is EDT Eastern Daylight Time. Its a pointless thing, most people probably don't notice, but its wrong.

Fake internet points to anyone who knows why DB-9 bothers me.

Edit: corrected a missing n in an eastern

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[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People who say no to something instead of no thank you. Someone offered my CW a tart one day and she said "no I don't like those" instead of just "no thanks". Why not just the extra half step to be polite?

[–] gencha@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

People can be pushy if you don't decline clearly. Especially when it comes to food. Cultural background is also highly significant with this one.