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So its Sunday night. Sunday is that day that most people dislike because it means there are another five days ahead that were generally the same shit as last week. Unless you work a non regular job or aren't in the summer school of fucking hell (me). But generally I get the impression Sunday is the day before the most hated day, Monday. So why is this important?
Let's explore.
So normally, as I said above, kids go to school starting on Mondays and ending on Fridays. Adults generally work Monday to Friday. I'd compare something else but that basically covers it. Now shift workers or part timers don't generally fall into these categories but, well, don't read this if it doesn't apply to you. Unless you want to read some awesome shit, then keep reading. Alright so everyone gets really excited for the two days at the end of the week. I know I do, even if I have endless differential equations to solve as "practice". But regardless this must be due to habit, starting from your 5 year old self going to school.
Alright, so what happens if all of a sudden the concept of the "weekend" gets moved to mid week? So you would work or go to school or do whatever you do everyday except Wednesday and Thursday for example. Well we obviously can't call it the "weekend" anymore. But what do we call it? What would be different? Would it affect people enough to change the world as we know it? Is the weekend concept the same everywhere in the world? Why am I even discussing something that would likely never happen? Well because no one really ever asks these types of questions... Duh.
Now if I had more interest than I do, I would research and really think and probably collect data to answer these questions, but I don't have fucking time for that. So lets go hypothetical.
To answer the questions above, a lot of social conventions and marketing is based on the "weekend" as we know it. More staff get put in shopping stores and movie theatres on weekends versus during the week etc. So if our weekend got moved to the "mid-week break" (trademark pending), then I guess nothing really would change except moving the surplus employees hired for the extra traffic to Wednesday and Thursday instead. Right? Yeah, I'm right.
Alright so apart from the name, the extras that come with the weekend don't affect much. What about the stress relief or relaxation element of the end of the week. Would that disappear because you now have to work on both sides of the mid-week including working on the older concept of the weekend? You may want to re-read that last sentence. It makes sense, just trust me. So there's that, or we could just call Wednesday and Thursday the new weekend basically shifting all the days of the week! This makes sense because really what does the name of a day have anything to do with us? All the name of the day is is a second degree of information for scheduling something. This means that the only important thing here is what occurs on that day. I could call it.. shit, have you ever tried renaming a day of the week? It's not as easy as it sounds.
Anyway, what's next? The concept of "weekend" other places around the world. Because those places matter too, even if us westerners don't acknowledge it often. Jeeze back to the topic Jay.. This one I did have to search on the trusty Google machine and good old Wikipedia basically says that there are still some variations, but the majority of major countries have adopted the Monday to Friday week with Saturday and Sunday being rest days. So I assume any changes would resonate the same there as here, so see my last paragraph.
So there you have it! A little thought experiment for a stupid ass "what if" scenario that probably won't ever come true in the foreseeable future. But why go through all that if the answer was just "nothing would change"?
Well here is point of this post. I challenge you to go around your house, apartment, or whatever hole in the ground you live in, and just pick something. Anything. Ask a what-if question about it. Then ask another one. And answer them! Just go think for a minute. Take a break from your internet machine and ask a damn question! Everyone can benefit from a little thought once and a while. Who knows, you might solve world hunger while you're at it.
Also, congratulations to one of my very loyal readers! It's a big day for their family!
Thanks for sticking around to the end of the post. For that, you get a big virtual internet high five!
Unfortunately I can't give you a virtual high five through a static webpage as technology hasn't gotten that far yet, so you'll have to high five yourself. Just take a quick look around first to make sure no one sees you. It'll be embarrassing if someone does, I promise.
See ya next time!
J
So its Sunday night. Sunday is that day that most people dislike because it means there are another five days ahead that were generally the same shit as last week. Unless you work a non regular job or aren't in the summer school of fucking hell (me). But generally I get the impression Sunday is the day before the most hated day, Monday. So why is this important?
Let's explore.
So normally, as I said above, kids go to school starting on Mondays and ending on Fridays. Adults generally work Monday to Friday. I'd compare something else but that basically covers it. Now shift workers or part timers don't generally fall into these categories but, well, don't read this if it doesn't apply to you. Unless you want to read some awesome shit, then keep reading. Alright so everyone gets really excited for the two days at the end of the week. I know I do, even if I have endless differential equations to solve as "practice". But regardless this must be due to habit, starting from your 5 year old self going to school.
Alright, so what happens if all of a sudden the concept of the "weekend" gets moved to mid week? So you would work or go to school or do whatever you do everyday except Wednesday and Thursday for example. Well we obviously can't call it the "weekend" anymore. But what do we call it? What would be different? Would it affect people enough to change the world as we know it? Is the weekend concept the same everywhere in the world? Why am I even discussing something that would likely never happen? Well because no one really ever asks these types of questions... Duh.
Now if I had more interest than I do, I would research and really think and probably collect data to answer these questions, but I don't have fucking time for that. So lets go hypothetical.
To answer the questions above, a lot of social conventions and marketing is based on the "weekend" as we know it. More staff get put in shopping stores and movie theatres on weekends versus during the week etc. So if our weekend got moved to the "mid-week break" (trademark pending), then I guess nothing really would change except moving the surplus employees hired for the extra traffic to Wednesday and Thursday instead. Right? Yeah, I'm right.
Alright so apart from the name, the extras that come with the weekend don't affect much. What about the stress relief or relaxation element of the end of the week. Would that disappear because you now have to work on both sides of the mid-week including working on the older concept of the weekend? You may want to re-read that last sentence. It makes sense, just trust me. So there's that, or we could just call Wednesday and Thursday the new weekend basically shifting all the days of the week! This makes sense because really what does the name of a day have anything to do with us? All the name of the day is is a second degree of information for scheduling something. This means that the only important thing here is what occurs on that day. I could call it.. shit, have you ever tried renaming a day of the week? It's not as easy as it sounds.
Anyway, what's next? The concept of "weekend" other places around the world. Because those places matter too, even if us westerners don't acknowledge it often. Jeeze back to the topic Jay.. This one I did have to search on the trusty Google machine and good old Wikipedia basically says that there are still some variations, but the majority of major countries have adopted the Monday to Friday week with Saturday and Sunday being rest days. So I assume any changes would resonate the same there as here, so see my last paragraph.
So there you have it! A little thought experiment for a stupid ass "what if" scenario that probably won't ever come true in the foreseeable future. But why go through all that if the answer was just "nothing would change"?
Well here is point of this post. I challenge you to go around your house, apartment, or whatever hole in the ground you live in, and just pick something. Anything. Ask a what-if question about it. Then ask another one. And answer them! Just go think for a minute. Take a break from your internet machine and ask a damn question! Everyone can benefit from a little thought once and a while. Who knows, you might solve world hunger while you're at it.
Also, congratulations to one of my very loyal readers! It's a big day for their family!
Thanks for sticking around to the end of the post. For that, you get a big virtual internet high five!
Unfortunately I can't give you a virtual high five through a static webpage as technology hasn't gotten that far yet, so you'll have to high five yourself. Just take a quick look around first to make sure no one sees you. It'll be embarrassing if someone does, I promise.
See ya next time!
J
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