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If I say 'Move the 12PM meeting forward two hours', what time does it now start?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by The Captain, Jun 24, 2020.

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If I say 'Move the 12PM meeting forward two hours', what time does it now start?

  1. 10AM

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  2. 2PM

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  1. Buck Turgidson

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    If you forward a movie from points A to B , point B is happening sooner than it would have normally. If you go back from points A to C, point C is happening later than it would have normally.

    You got your time management certificate from Trump University, huh?
     
    #61 Buck Turgidson, Jun 25, 2020
  2. Haymitch

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    The time in the movie is moving forward. From, say, 1:00 to 1:30. Or in OP's example, from 12:00 to 14:00.

    The certificate was not from Trump U, sir. It was a TABC certificate saying that I could sell beer and wine while I worked at Bucees.
     
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    Same thing. If I move a box forward, it gets further away from me.
     
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  4. Buck Turgidson

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    NO. This is all no.

    Movie time is irrelevant. YOUR time matters.

    You are still in the same time, whether you go back or forward. Time does not change. The time of the event changes.
     
    #64 Buck Turgidson, Jun 25, 2020
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    The enemy's gate is down.

    Forward, back is just a arbitrarily chosen construct. Moving a meeting back 2 hours from 12 is 2pm. As such, moving it forward 2 hours has to be 10am whether or not one thinks it should intuitively be reversed. People have chosen what back means such that its inverse, forward, has to be the opposite.
     
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  6. Haymitch

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    Alright this actually makes sense to me. I don't like it, but I get it. If I were here for a rational discussion, I would be swayed.

    However this is the internet, and I choose to double-down on my original position rather than change. Further, I declare that all who disagree with me are stupid and evil.
     
    #66 Haymitch, Jun 25, 2020
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  7. Haymitch

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    Time is a social construct.
     
    #67 Haymitch, Jun 25, 2020
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  8. Buck Turgidson

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    I would love to watch movies with you.
     
    #68 Buck Turgidson, Jun 26, 2020
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  9. Buck Turgidson

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    I'll klill you for real.
     
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    ambiguous language is ambiguous ...
     
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  13. Sajan

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    I say 10 AM. Forward is earlier in time.
     
    #73 Sajan, Jun 26, 2020
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    What if you live on a photon?
     
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  15. The Captain

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    Then you should probably read this book. Electronic version as the pages might be heavy for you.

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    #75 The Captain, Jun 26, 2020
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    Shouldn't be a problem as long as you drive a DeLorean.
     
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    If you ask for the time in Massachusetts and someone tells you it's 5 of 3, then you ask them to clarify if that's before or after and they say "awv" with an impatient look on their face, who does Ben Affleck cast in the film he directs about you drowning them in the Chuck?
     
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