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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by dageshi on Sunday September 25, 2022 @04:39PM (#32975949)
Mostly because Saturday and Sunday are collectively known as the weekend and it doesn't make a lot of sense to start the week in the middle of what everyone agrees is the end of the week.
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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by merlincorey on Sunday September 25, 2022 @04:54PM (#32976102)
Every end is a new beginning, according to an old aphorism.

This would imply that a Weekend and a Weekbegin could easily coincide.

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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by mcv on Sunday September 25, 2022 @06:27PM (#32977028)
I think it's a bit naive to expect sense from anything related to dates and times at this point. It's all just accumulated history, and historically, Sunday has always been the first day of the week, no matter what people today think about it.
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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by adhesive_wombat on Sunday September 25, 2022 @05:53PM (#32976730)
> everyone agrees

Not everyone, Israel has has Friday and Saturday off.

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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by eps on Monday September 26, 2022 @02:30AM (#32980099)
Is Sunday a work day in Israel?
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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by adhesive_wombat on Monday September 26, 2022 @08:28AM (#32982255)
Usually, yes.
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