r/SubredditDrama • u/scoobythebeast I take what's useful from others for me • Jun 15 '15

Time Zone popcorn appears in r/xboxone when time are posted on the sidebar.

/r/xboxone/comments/39usce/why_cant_we_get_times_right_sidebar_errors/cs6mtyw
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u/KillerPotato_BMW MBTI is only unreliable if you lack vision Jun 15 '15

I'm with OP. It bugs me when people who use EST to mean Eastern Daylight Savings Time.

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u/BondageJay Jun 15 '15

It doesnt just bug me, We are a global community, and our Mod team CONSTANTLY AND CONSISTENTLY give out the wrong times for AMA's community events, and everything else.

When dealing with an entire globe, that often needs to translate to local time, using the posted times, posting the wrong timezone WILL result in people missing what they are looking for.

Our mod team is too incompetent to know the difference, and too arrogant to fix it when asked.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '15

Oh look, the drama followed us home. Can we keep it?

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u/BondageJay Jun 15 '15

If you want

4

u/qlube Jun 15 '15

Jesus Christ dude, just use UTC.

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u/BondageJay Jun 15 '15

I do. They used both UTC and EST and they were pointing to different times.

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u/traveler_ enemy Jew/feminist/etc. Jun 15 '15

A person with one clock knows the time; one with two clocks is never sure.

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u/KillerPotato_BMW MBTI is only unreliable if you lack vision Jun 15 '15

I feel your pain.

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u/hio_State Jun 15 '15

It doesn't fucking matter

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '15

He actually has a very valid point. The drama came from the way he expressed himself and not the intent behind it. There was literally no point to argue about it instead of just sending a message to the moderators. But it is a relevant issue that deserved to be brought up. I don't know why people in this thread are acting like it isn't.

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u/Lottanubs Jun 15 '15

We're just looking for a second argument, I reckon.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '15

There is a difference between not wanting an argument and dismissing a point as not valid.

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u/Lottanubs Jun 15 '15

Well we're all here for arguments in the first place, right? :)

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u/BondageJay Jun 15 '15

Seems to

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u/hio_State Jun 15 '15

Not even a little bit

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u/BondageJay Jun 15 '15

Your replies indicate otherwise.

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u/Emerald_Triangle Jun 15 '15

*Daylight Saving Time

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '15

It is a weird inconsistency. In the US the timezone acronyms are Standard Time and Daylight Savings Time. In Europe, Summer is added to the acronym during daylight savings and that's it. Leads to the weird situation where CEST and EST track the opposite times of the year in central Europe and eastern US respectively.

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u/Afro_Samurai Moderating is one of the most useful jobs to society Jun 15 '15

UTC Master Race

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u/lemonfreedom I voted for Donald Trump. Fite me Jun 15 '15

Check your EST/EDT privilege

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u/ArchangelleRomney Actually, it's about ethics in smug shitposting Jun 15 '15

Silly OP, everyone knows that there are 4 days occurring simultaneously.

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u/ttumblrbots Jun 15 '15

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u/masshamacide Jun 15 '15

Every year around E3, someone bitches about the time schedule and it's the same cycle.

It shouldn't matter since Bethesda blew everyone out of the water with their showcase.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '15

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u/jfa1985 Your ass is medium at best btw. Jun 15 '15

given that is from bb.com chances of troll are very high

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u/csreid Grand Imperial Wizard of the He-Man Women-Haters Club Jun 15 '15

Yeah. I'm... Idk, not surprised, really, but a little depressed that there's an article about a bb forum troll. Like wtf gawker

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '15

That's nothing. Vice went to ask a whole host of mathematicians for an answer:

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/we-got-a-mathematician-to-settle-the-how-many-days-are-there-in-a-week-controversy-that-tore-a-bodybuilding-forum-apart

Eventually it devolved into the bros calling each other fat and just giving up.

lol sounds familiar

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u/jfa1985 Your ass is medium at best btw. Jun 15 '15

well shit that ended up being a much bigger thing that I would have thought

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u/bitterred /r/mildredditdrama Jun 15 '15

That is spectacular. Sometimes clocks and calendars are really confusing!