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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by irrational on Sunday September 25, 2022 @05:55PM (#32976755)
The concept of weekend is quite a recent development.

https://youtu.be/zhfpBW-nUWk

The concept of Sunday as the first day of the week dates back thousands of years.

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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by ivlad on Sunday September 25, 2022 @10:58PM (#32978848)
Why is this important? Maybe it was, but the ISO standard now is that Sunday is the last day of the week.
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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by irrational on Monday September 26, 2022 @01:03AM (#32979615)
I was responding to the post above mine and not to the topmost post.
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