Then why do we have the A's and P's?
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think you’re both being a bit lenient if anything
Guys, we don’t use military time. P stands for PM, A stands for AM, 700 is the same as 700 regardless of AM or PM here.
No military in the world world use “700” for PM
Ah hang on. I didn't pick up that you put Georgia's time in a timezone it isn't in.
Because we use 700 interchangeably between AM & PM. We don’t use a different numerical value for the same numerical time in AM or PM.
Enough explanation on my part. Pay attention to the time zones, don’t get hung up on 700 being used for PM, it just does over here.
ann conway may have been hot a hundred years ago
now she is a wreck
Who is “we” in this context?
definitely, yes
Didn’t know that! I agree every count should be counted, but there's got to be a cut off. Presumably enough votes come in within a couple of days to declare a result regardless of uncounted ballots?
If you used 24 hour format like all progressive human beings, you wouldn't have this debate right now.
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Ah ok.. I have no clue about the mechanics of the senate elections.
As an ignorant outsider I don't see why they need so many states. They don't need two Dakotas, Wyoming has about 15 people who live there, and the midwest can pretty much be condensed into two states. Also Florida should just be repurposed as a throwaway giant theme park because Florida reasons.
Why @fergieisold ? What’s the problem with a country of 300m taking a week to count every single legal vote cast in time on election day?
Americans, for the vast majority. It’s just how time is written. There’s no change in numerical value from A(M) to P(M), there’s no military time used here in any sufficient capacity.
Nothing like a debate about tedious minutia though
Don't shoot the messenger! I don't understand why the 0700 PST was being used either
True.
Wait am I reading something as "seven hundred" that was actually said as 7-0-0 ? Apologies I couldn't listen to the clip. Or I didn't see the tweet. Or whatever it was. This thread is moving too fast and I'm as guilty as anyone in contributing to that.
Yes. This is why I brought it up. It sounded so very odd.
At this rate PA will come in before them! Well, maybe not but still. feck me.
Oh god, the date. This is sooo annoying. In Germany we also have the date in the format of DD/MM/YEAR and way too many people use that format in data archiving as well, ough. I also had to once argue with my team lead why YEAR/MM/DD is the far better format after he complained to me that he couldn't read my dates because I write them so strangely. Holy hell man, what is more important that I can sort the folders properly or that your little brain doesn't hurt if you have to turn the date you are used to around? Oh yeah and using am/pm on a 24h hour format just proves the person has no fecking clue what they are doing or what am/pm even means.
0700 was never used. 700 was. There’s a difference over here. 0700 would have already implied AM. 700 as it stands can be AM or PM.Don't shoot the messenger! I don't understand why the 0700 PST was being used either
most boring discussion in the history of the caf?
Well thats just mighty insightful of them!
You registered on the forums before being born, are you a democrat?
Because I don't see why an election can't be properly organised to produce a result on election day (I include the following day). In the UK postal votes must be in on the day or they aren't counted. As someone pointed out though in the US there's political forces at work to feck with postal voting so it isn't as simple over there.
Eurgh.
I’m not American but I’ve spent a lot of time there and I’ve never heard/seen that.
You hear a lot of “coming up at 10/9 central” kind of thing, but I’ve never noticed it expressed as “700/800/900”, at least not without an “oh” before it to mean morning.
Americans - why is Washington state at the opposite end of the country to Washington the city?
Dude this is important. While we are at it, what's your opinion on metric vs imperial
I'm fascinated. This bloke has invented his own unique way of saying the time and is absolutely convinced his entire country uses it.
That’s about like how confused US students normally feel when I explain the UK to them.
“Wait, so they have countries inside a country? What? Why?”
Means exactly the same thing either way. The main points are displayed in both.
I see what you did there.Nothing like a debate about tedious minutia though
Oh I know what it means now but it would hurt my brain to have to look at it
The last few pages have been super-informative, thanks.
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