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The 60/60/24 time measurement thingy seems to have stuck pretty well despite the inherent weirdness. I think because it divides up into a useful array of fractions, and the human brain naturally thinks in fractions. And well, 365 days is at least supposed to be more or less how long the Earth takes to go all the way around the sun, I'm pretty sure. Kinda impressive that people figured that out before they were even sure the Earth went around the sun and not vice versa, but the cycle of seasons and such also means something. Months are a total kludge, though, and the New Year is pretty arbitrary.
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Oct 27, 2017 08:16
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Inescapable Duck posted:The 60/60/24 time measurement thingy seems to have stuck pretty well despite the inherent weirdness. I think because it divides up into a useful array of fractions, and the human brain naturally thinks in fractions. If we added a thirteenth month, and shortened each to be 28 days long, it would work out to be 364 days total. Slap the last 365th day onto the end of Smarch, and we'd have the perfect system.
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Oct 27, 2017 08:36
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…not at the end of SApril?
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Oct 27, 2017 08:39
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RFC2324 posted:God didn't exist yet in ancient sumeria
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Oct 27, 2017 09:40
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Also I think in the early Roman system like a quarter of the days of the year didn't count as days. I think the coldest two winter months weren't even months and then some kinda weird cycle like every 11 day or some fuckin poo poo Aztecs for loving sure had evil unreal days E: the most anti-metric timekeeping "The calendar consisted of 10 months in a year of 304 days. The Romans seem to have ignored the remaining 61 days, which fell in the middle of winter. The 10 months were named Martius, Aprilis, Maius, Junius, Quintilis, Sextilis, September, October, November, and December." SniperWoreConverse fucked around with this message at 09:48 on Oct 27, 2017 |
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Oct 27, 2017 09:45
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Lol, ok the Roman head priest got to decide how long the year was and apparently they regularly pulled stunts like make years 440 days long when they liked that particular consul (who could only rule for a year I guess) They also had "9" day weeks that are straight out of that fuckin body builder's forum. Apparently this weird system of inclusive counting was to track poo poo like the ides and nones of the month so they could decide market and holy days or whatever. So like if I count from Monday to Monday in our week it's seven days, but they would consider it to be eight. On top of this they had to constantly add in extra weeks and days to make sure the holy days matched their seasons. Fuckin nuts.
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Oct 27, 2017 10:05
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My confession is that I'm starting to suspect that I, and all humans who have ever lived or will live, are in fact retarded
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Oct 27, 2017 10:07
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Inescapable Duck posted:the New Year is pretty arbitrary. Yeah, I figure the year should either end with the winter solstice, or (my preference) start with the spring equinox.
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Oct 27, 2017 12:38
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Ziv Zulander posted:If we added a thirteenth month, and shortened each to be 28 days long, it would work out to be 364 days total. Slap the last 365th day onto the end of Smarch, and we'd have the perfect system. The 13th month needs a way more ominous name than that. Maybe we can bring back Thermidor, give Robespierre's headless corpse something to appreciate. Fintilgin posted:Yeah, I figure the year should either end with the winter solstice, or (my preference) start with the spring equinox. I vaguely recall from reading about Discworld (where thanks to intelligent design the Christmas equivalent and the New Year are the same night) that the solstice doesn't cleanly mark the new year because of something about the Earth's jaunty tilted axis. (the reason we have seasons) Also by Jupiter's overactive ballsack the Romans sure as hell ran an ad hoc operation with the calendar.
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Oct 27, 2017 13:27
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What the gently caress
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Oct 27, 2017 13:58
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jesus loving christ
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Oct 27, 2017 14:12
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Anonymous Confessions: Roman Calendar Calvinball.
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Oct 27, 2017 14:42
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You gotta wonder why metric-system zealots don't spend more time lobbying to change our horrible antiquated calendar to something more logical, really (it is because they grew up with it so it seems natural, aka the same reason America uses Imperial) Anyway I legit enjoy these derails but here's some content quote:During a slow recovery from some mental health issues, I realised recently that I was super creepy towards a really kind-hearted friend years ago, that got much worse once we weren't living in the same city. It was never sexual, which is about the only positive side to it all, but it ended with me searching for her accounts across the internet every few months and either apologising or trying to get back in touch. There's nothing I can do about it now and I like to think I can blame it on my mental state at the time; I know she had her own issues and I hope I didn't do too much damage. But I'd be an idiot if I told my current friends about this, and it seems wrong that I never got punished for my horrible behaviour. closure comes from within And yeah if apologizing and trying to get back in touch was part of your cycle earlier you really shouldn't do it now quote:My dog has woken me up 8 times; he's hypervigilant and there are a lot of trains running the last couple of days for song unfathomable reason (a lot of shipping trains, vehicle transport trains, and oil trains come through my state). He's a five month old puppy so I understand but my wife is sick, I haven't slept in 23 his, and I'm losing my mind. I would actually call this less morally-ambiguous than those people who give their babies cold medicine or whatever to knock them out before getting on a plane
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Oct 27, 2017 15:01
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Finally, one more because it's more relevant now than it would be tomorrowquote:This isn't really a confession, except that I confess to being moderately annoyed. Also note that unlike other people I am not picking a side in the Metric vs Fahrenheit debate that might be reigniting today (I am emailing on October 26, dunno when you're posting it.) Maybe you use metric units at work and then when you get home you measure the width and temperature of your rear end in a top hat in feet and fahrenheits before you post all that on the internet. I'm not judging. Anyway here is the thing I am confessing about being moderately annoyed about : Yes, this is certainly the kind of thing that might be written by someone who is extremely not mad They just wanted to tell everybody how mad they aren't
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Oct 27, 2017 15:03
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Seems like you're very defensive and eager for people to be mad, Loq. Maybe chill out on the metric thing if you actually don't care
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Oct 27, 2017 15:09
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Solice Kirsk posted:Stop fumbling around through metric and standard sockets. You're not a socket tracker! Those things apparently suck when working on a car. Worst "thoughtful" gift ever.
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Oct 27, 2017 15:11
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hosed-Up Little Dog posted:Seems like you're very defensive and eager for people to be mad, Loq. Maybe chill out on the metric thing if you actually don't care I'm enjoying some casual trolling and have been very up-front about this
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Oct 27, 2017 15:14
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Puppy guy, what you did seems pretty reasonable and responsible.
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Oct 27, 2017 15:21
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I give my little terrier a 1/2 a benadryl morning and night for her allergies (vet's orders). Don't sweat it.
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Oct 27, 2017 15:22
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It was common practice and still kind of is to give babies a tiny amount of whiskey to calm them down. Just dip a finger in your drink and let them suck on the finger. If people do that you giving your puppy a properly dosed benadryl isn't a big deal. Hell, the fact you went online to find correct dosing info is a lot more than most people would do and is laudable. Also I'm pretty sure puppetmaster goon sent in that metric confession. Give it up bro. You're trying to start a derail that is already happening. Stop thinking you are good at being a puppetmaster.
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Oct 27, 2017 16:15
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Gozer did I have to give our dog a half a benadril pill now and then if she's too itchy or wont sleep. You can also get melatonin pills, but get the natural kind without artificial sweeteners, since dogs get sick easily from them. Melatonin won't zonk them out but it chills them a bit more, good if you're going out all day and they get stressed.
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Oct 27, 2017 16:31
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loquacius posted:I would actually call this less morally-ambiguous than those people who give their babies cold medicine or whatever to knock them out before getting on a plane That's just common courtesy.
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Oct 27, 2017 16:34
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yeah i always just give my dog whiskey when he is being annoying
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Oct 27, 2017 17:03
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what kind of a country are we coming to where they won't even serve liquor to a baby on a plane
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Oct 27, 2017 17:10
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limp_cheese posted:It was common practice and still kind of is to give babies a tiny amount of whiskey to calm them down. Just dip a finger in your drink and let them suck on the finger. If people do that you giving your puppy a properly dosed benadryl isn't a big deal. Hell, the fact you went online to find correct dosing info is a lot more than most people would do and is laudable. Oh whoops I thought I was supposed to give the baby a finger of whiskey.
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Oct 27, 2017 17:15
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You're supposed to let the baby drink the whisky until it passes out
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Oct 27, 2017 17:16
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Babies can't talk, therefore they have no way of telling you how much whiskey they need. It's best to just set the bottle in front of them and they will naturally take the amount they need for relief.
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Oct 27, 2017 17:35
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You can't give a bottle of whisky to a baby. It'll just spill it or break it and cut itself. No, you fill one of those hamster bottles with whisky and put it on the side of the baby cage.
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Oct 27, 2017 17:44
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That sounds like a great way to get the baby to hit you with the whiskey bottle.
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Oct 27, 2017 17:45
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Imo do not give whisky to babies.
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Oct 27, 2017 17:47
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babies won't drink whiskey, it's too strong you gotta mix them a manhattan or old-fashioned
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Oct 27, 2017 17:48
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Jastiger posted:Imo do not give whisky to babies. Why, does it block your view?
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Oct 27, 2017 17:52
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Jastiger posted:Imo do not give whisky to babies. hosed up if true.
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Oct 27, 2017 18:13
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facebook jihad posted:I don’t really begrudge anyone in my story, but I do think it’s bullshit because I’m nearly sure if the roles were reversed I’d be taken to jail and had charges pressed against me. It’s a strong case for why we need feminism in my opinion. Women can’t expect equal rights but be able to get away with this kind of abusive behavior. lol if you think equal accountability is the end goal of the current wave of feminism
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Oct 27, 2017 18:26
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loquacius posted:You gotta wonder why metric-system zealots don't spend more time lobbying to change our horrible antiquated calendar to something more logical, really I've seen people advocating to change over to Julian Day Number before.  (current date in JDN is 2458052.77778)Also, my car uses both metric and SAE bolts, depending on where it is. The engine is metric, but working on the body is in SAE.
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Oct 27, 2017 19:07
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RFC2324 posted:I've seen people advocating to change over to Julian Day Number before. lol let's just switch over to Unix timestamps and be done with it 
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Oct 27, 2017 19:11
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loquacius posted:lol you mean you don't run this as your main clock? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lucasdnd.unixtimeclockwidget&hl=en
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Oct 27, 2017 19:24
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I use the stardate system
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I'm mad all the time
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