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Whats your such opinion (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 11 months ago by cryptix@discuss.tchncs.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Mrs_deWinter@feddit.de 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ahem. Oops.

But in a way that's a good example for what I meant. You and me communicate time both in reference to the time of day, not a virtual time of the planet that means something else to everyone depending on location, and you easily could spot my mistake.

So let's just say I did that on purpose.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Is being able to communicate about stuff like that casually, where you do not mean a specific time anyway, really worth the giant pile of pain that time zones add to actual scheduling?

[–] Mrs_deWinter@feddit.de 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I mean what's more important to you, being able drop the info about time zones when scheduling international meetings, or preserving humanities ability to communicate time respectively to the actual time of day?

I've lived in three countries so far and never actually had trouble scheduling anything. The concept of time of day on the other hand is pretty prevalent in my daily life.

[–] tko@tkohhh.social 2 points 11 months ago

I suspect the language would change for those scenarios, so maybe you would say "I slept until midday" rather than "I slept until 12pm".