I just got invited to a meeting for a time zone that doesn’t exist this time of year. In the US EST does not stand for Eastern time, it stands for Eastern Standard Time (~November-~March), EST is not an active time zone, it is EDT Eastern Daylight Time. Its a pointless thing, most people probably don’t notice, but its wrong.

Fake internet points to anyone who knows why DB-9 bothers me.

Edit: corrected a missing n in an eastern

  • @motor_spirit
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    75 months ago

    seeing “whoa” as “woah” has never sat right with me

      • @motor_spirit
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        25 months ago

        so how do we proceed amicably? It just seems like a spelling that isn’t family-friendly or wholesome. I don’t know where it came from or why, but it makes me uncomfortable

      • @motor_spirit
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        45 months ago

        I had to walk out of work after that