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Why is it called midnight?
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Why is it called midnight when the minute after 12:00 (Midnight) it is considered 12:01 am. Twelve oh-one in the MORNING? Mid means "middle of", right?
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5-8 is morning
8-11 is day
11-14 is noon
14-17 is afternoon
17-20 is evening
20-23 is night
23-2 is midnight

BUT WHAT IS 2-5???
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>>17169059
Snacks fucked a whale it was that legendary they had to rewrite the reference for a certain time between 11pm to 12am causing a mass paradox of confusion if one were to think back on it
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>>17169101
Jesus dude that's a pre-2007 meme you're handling there. The half-life on that thing might be short but be careful you're going to get radiation sickness for sure if you keep that up.
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>>17169075
let me fix this one for you
5-8 is morning
8-11 is day
11-15 is noon
15-18 afternoon
18-22 is evening
22-24 is night
24 is midnight
24-05 is late night
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>>17169059
>implying A.M. = Morning
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>>17169107
Its better than what people have to put up with these days, currently its a retarded rivalry between a banana and a pear because the banana's just weren't funny

>i never laughed.
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>>17169075
2 to 5 is REAL NIGGA HOURS

SMASH DAT MF LIKE
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>>17169855
About as correct as correct can be.
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>>17169059
it is the middle of the night
it also happened to additionally be the marker that separated PM from AM, just as midday separates AM and PM
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