A legendary thread. We have never settled how many days there are in a week.

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[–] 22 points 5 months ago* (5 children)

Setting this hilariously stupid debate aside, it really is inconvenient the week has 7 days.

We humans are creatures of habit, and like to do things on the same days every week - either because regularity helps our schedule, or simply because we're all perhaps a little OCD.

I personally wash my hair "every other day" so to keep a fixed weekly schedule I have to either miss two days in a row (not happening) or wash two in a row (which is what I do)

So I totally understand the desire to want "every other day" things on the same days of the week AND still also perfectly spaced, even though that is an impossibility.

It's just that tiniest bit unsatisfying.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago

    I consider the weekend to be one day unit so if I work out Saturday it counts Sunday too. I can only imagine the firestorm that would erupt if I said that in the bodybuilding thread.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    To make matters worse, you can't even go by the calendar and do "every odd date" or "every even date" because some months end in an odd number (31) and the following day, the next month begins with an odd number.

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