Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we explain our calendar

Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by Morgawr on Sunday September 25, 2022 @09:05PM (#32978210)

> - Per my knowledge US is the only country which stubbornly (and illogically) considers Sunday to be the first day of the week;

Just adding to the rest of the responses but Japan also has a very... contrived relationship with what counts as "the beginning of the week" and most people would say Sunday is that day.

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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by fomine3 on Sunday September 25, 2022 @11:53PM (#32979220)

N=1: No, Monday is that day and I believe I'm majority, despite many Japanese calendars are beginning with Sunday

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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by Morgawr on Monday September 26, 2022 @12:32AM (#32979456)

I can only talk about the people I personally know and I've asked this question myself (because it's funny and interesting from a cultural perspective) and most people I asked said "Sunday", although as I said it's not set in stone.

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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by fomine3 on Monday September 26, 2022 @01:19AM (#32979700)

Do you work at big tech in Japan? I suspect that people around you tend to think as international (read: US, in Japan) way.

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