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Remember, people view DU in different time zones (Original Post) taterguy Dec 2015 OP
So you mean that I'm talking to people who are living in the future?! Scootaloo Dec 2015 #1
Relatively speaking. randome Dec 2015 #3
Most likely we're talking to people living in our pasts notadmblnd Dec 2015 #7
haha....exactly... dhill926 Dec 2015 #27
Spoiler alert: next year wil be 2016. NT. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2015 #2
*snort* nt restorefreedom Dec 2015 #20
Also, you know that movie "Titanic"? NT mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2015 #22
damn, i was gonna watch that tonight! :) nt restorefreedom Dec 2015 #23
My question about "Titanic": SCantiGOP Dec 2015 #37
they could have made a sequel and people would go restorefreedom Dec 2015 #38
I noticed that too. yardwork Jan 2016 #40
yup . that stuff bothered me too restorefreedom Jan 2016 #46
As I recall the history SCantiGOP Jan 2016 #49
Wasn't the Titanic supposedly LiberalElite Jan 2016 #56
I agree about the necklace. Arugula Latte Jan 2016 #47
What is the time zone in Hell? Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #4
Eastern time HubertHeaver Dec 2015 #9
Ann Arbor? Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #10
The weather would suggest that, yes. yardwork Dec 2015 #13
No, Hell HubertHeaver Dec 2015 #19
So what time zone should we bow down to? Ichingcarpenter Dec 2015 #5
Agreed. HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #11
UTC Major Nikon Dec 2015 #31
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2015 #6
On Pluto, you're 242 years too late. randome Dec 2015 #8
To all the DUers in Kathmandu and points east FrodosPet Dec 2015 #12
Alerting. yardwork Dec 2015 #14
Sorry taterguy Dec 2015 #15
Too late. yardwork Dec 2015 #16
Please tell me you are joking. Nt Logical Dec 2015 #17
Yeah, you wouldn't want to spoil anyone's surprise! pnwmom Dec 2015 #18
I am in California rufus dog Dec 2015 #21
It's all relative. Le Taz Hot Dec 2015 #24
Ken M . . . fleur-de-lisa Dec 2015 #25
No taterguy Dec 2015 #26
Premature felicitation is a letdown. nt pinboy3niner Dec 2015 #28
There's a pill for that. But if you find yourself saying Happy New Year for more than 4 hours..... msanthrope Jan 2016 #52
Well, it's a 24 hour celebration--no one waits until the moment of one's birth to wish happy MADem Dec 2015 #29
Bwahahahaha tammywammy Dec 2015 #30
Prove it. Rex Dec 2015 #32
Prove what? taterguy Jan 2016 #39
It's been Y2016 in Madrid for forty minutes. lpbk2713 Dec 2015 #33
I love this thread malaise Dec 2015 #34
This is one of my all-time favorite DU threads. yardwork Jan 2016 #41
Same to you and yours malaise Jan 2016 #43
This thread couldn't possibly stay kicked an entire year taterguy Jan 2016 #57
The Eastern Time Zone rules! MrScorpio Dec 2015 #35
The Eastern Time Zone is SO 3 hours ago! pinboy3niner Dec 2015 #36
Please don't broadbrush DUers. Dr. Strange Jan 2016 #42
Please don't confuse me taterguy Jan 2016 #44
Yeah, you and what army? Dr. Strange Jan 2016 #45
Army? I'm more of naval guy. taterguy Jan 2016 #59
You know what ruined many a New Year's Eve for me? Arugula Latte Jan 2016 #48
Not all Eastern timezoners are 3 hrs ahead SCantiGOP Jan 2016 #50
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!! pangaia Jan 2016 #51
Lol Liberal_in_LA Jan 2016 #53
Just for that Kalidurga Jan 2016 #54
Just imagine how much more fun the millennium would have been, if everyone had kept quiet muriel_volestrangler Jan 2016 #55
Happy New Year 2017 B Calm Jan 2016 #58
 

randome

(34,845 posts)
3. Relatively speaking.
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 01:48 PM
Dec 2015

[hr][font color="blue"][center]"Everybody is just on their feet screaming 'Kill Kill Kill'! This is -hockey- Conservative values!"[/center][/font][hr]

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)
7. Most likely we're talking to people living in our pasts
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 02:02 PM
Dec 2015
Damn, why does California have to be three hours behind?

Seriously though, I can't imagine someone being offended because someone wished Happy New Year prematurely and ruined it for someone a couple of hours behind.

Besides, I'll probably be sleeping by midnight. Soooooooo... Happy New Year!

dhill926

(16,339 posts)
27. haha....exactly...
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 05:30 PM
Dec 2015

we start phoning friends whenever. And even though we're in Cali, NY NYE does it for us...

SCantiGOP

(13,871 posts)
37. My question about "Titanic":
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 08:07 PM
Dec 2015

Why haven't they made a sequel? I want to know what happened to all those people floating in the water.

I also want somebody to push that old lady over the side for throwing that necklace away.

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)
38. they could have made a sequel and people would go
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 08:14 PM
Dec 2015

i only saw it once, but what bothered me was this old woman was telling this story about her "true love", but clearly she had gotten married and had kids and grandkids. but when she died, she was reunited with leon dicaprio, her "true love" who had died in the water. so what about her husbamd, was he just chopped liver to be discarded?

no one ever addressed that, this guy she may have spent decades with before he (presumably) passed. he didn't matter?

i know...i overanalyze everything and can't just enjoy...its a weakness

yardwork

(61,634 posts)
40. I noticed that too.
Fri Jan 1, 2016, 12:12 PM
Jan 2016

I was also very aggravated by the poor planning that led to so many people dying. I was angry about the lack of life boats and other safety measures. So instead of being caught up in the romance, I was annoyed through most of the movie. I'm like that - poor organization irritates me.

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)
46. yup . that stuff bothered me too
Fri Jan 1, 2016, 09:08 PM
Jan 2016

and all the people in steerage....how awful

i barely got through it once. i would not see it again, although i know some who saw it multiple times

SCantiGOP

(13,871 posts)
49. As I recall the history
Fri Jan 1, 2016, 10:36 PM
Jan 2016

They realized there weren't enough lifeboats but that didn't concern them since the ship was "unsinkable."

Kind of like BushCheney didn't think about the long term implications of invading Iraq since the war would be over in "a matter of months."

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
56. Wasn't the Titanic supposedly
Sat Jan 2, 2016, 09:52 AM
Jan 2016

"unsinkable?" I guess they figured it was safe enough. Human error strikes again.

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
47. I agree about the necklace.
Fri Jan 1, 2016, 09:52 PM
Jan 2016

You don't want it? Fine. Sell it and donate the proceeds to a charity that helps starving children or something. Jeez.

Response to taterguy (Original post)

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
8. On Pluto, you're 242 years too late.
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 02:07 PM
Dec 2015

[hr][font color="blue"][center]"Everybody is just on their feet screaming 'Kill Kill Kill'! This is -hockey- Conservative values!"[/center][/font][hr]

FrodosPet

(5,169 posts)
12. To all the DUers in Kathmandu and points east
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 03:30 PM
Dec 2015

Happy New Year!



To everyone else,

Your time is gonna come!

 

rufus dog

(8,419 posts)
21. I am in California
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 03:56 PM
Dec 2015

Will take a "Happy New Year" early, late, at midnight.

It is all good.

On edit, the most important thing,

Happy New Year all!

MADem

(135,425 posts)
29. Well, it's a 24 hour celebration--no one waits until the moment of one's birth to wish happy
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 07:33 PM
Dec 2015

birthday, or the moment of marriage to say happy anniversary.

So HAPPY NEW YEAR to all--apply it at your particular midnight.

yardwork

(61,634 posts)
41. This is one of my all-time favorite DU threads.
Fri Jan 1, 2016, 12:14 PM
Jan 2016

I think we should kick it every year.

Happy New Year, malaise. I hope you are having a good day, wherever you are!

malaise

(269,028 posts)
43. Same to you and yours
Fri Jan 1, 2016, 04:21 PM
Jan 2016

I'm having a great day- just had some delicious deboned stuffed yellow tail snapper.

I'm also a Taterguy fan

Dr. Strange

(25,921 posts)
42. Please don't broadbrush DUers.
Fri Jan 1, 2016, 04:18 PM
Jan 2016

Not all DUers view DU in different time zones. Please consider deleting this thread (and the related one you posted in the Cooking and Baking Forum).

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
48. You know what ruined many a New Year's Eve for me?
Fri Jan 1, 2016, 09:55 PM
Jan 2016

I'd be watching Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve on the West Coast, banging on my little pots and pans and maybe twirling a noisemaker or two, and then the ball would start to drop and the countdown began and as the excitement mounted, suddenly they would flash this message across the screen:

Recorded Earlier

Fuck you, Eastern Time Zone Supremacists!

muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)
55. Just imagine how much more fun the millennium would have been, if everyone had kept quiet
Sat Jan 2, 2016, 09:49 AM
Jan 2016

about whether their computers were still working after midnight! We could have had a really great wave of internet silence, sweeping across the globe, as time zones went into 2000, so that everyone else had that sense of anticipation, like a proper surprise party, about what might happen.

But no, Pacific Islanders had to go and spoil it by communicating with people still in 1999. Apocalypse poopers.

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