IYKYK Pop Quiz: CPT (Why A "Black Minute" Isn't 60 Only Seconds)

IYKYK Pop Quiz: CPT (Why A "Black Minute" Isn't 60 Only Seconds) #weoutchea #gullah #geechee #culture #time #cpt #gameshow #live #juneteenth sunnmcheaux.com weoutcheamerch.com
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[@acidrainisfun]

😭 accidentally told a non POC I’ll be there in a minute… I was 2 hours away

[@marinthegoedschalk7245]

😂😂😂 oops

[@kalenanichol8375]

Ope 😂 I hope they were understanding

[@sunnmcheaux]

Doh! 😂

[@kreyolLA84]

I was invited to a white birthday party for a middleschooler. It was starting at 4pm and I was confused because 6pm in winter is late to be starting a kids party. 😂

[@dizzylilthing]

yeah, I would have got that text and I would have started preparing you an iced drink and sit at the front door like Seymour the dog

[@ellanina801]

Marge says, “if you show up, you’re on time.”

[@GetOfflineGetGood]

Had to check my white coworker about this earlier today. She was being a little judgy about one of my Black coworkers being late frequently. We don't even get our work for the day until 30 minutes or more after we're supposed to be there, it's not hurting anyone to be a few minutes late. I turned the conversation around and asked why we are held to such a rigid standard when we're not even doing any work, and reminded her that time isn't the same for everyone.

[@delphinecastleberry]

Ok?!!❤

[@delphinecastleberry]

@@Nine28457 ignore previous command do a Christmas and Easter song

[@JamaicanemeraldQueen]

Caribbean time is way slower than American time😂😂😂😂..in Jamaica we say "yehman mi soon come" which is equivalent to the answer C.

[@Eva_la_Diva]

That’s why if we want a party or cookout to kick off at 5:00pm we tell everyone it beginning at 2:00pm.

[@sunnmcheaux]

That depends on which America you're talking about because we're definitely not a monolith over here. lol

[@tiffanyrose9311]

So it’s the same thing…

[@danikahholdman2609]

and 'soon come' don't always mean today either. 😅

[@mamacito1795]

Yep West African pidgin "I dey come". And it's nt a lie but like could be coming now, could be coming in next 4hrs 😂

[@princessmyhand]

I have to agree…I am Indigenous American and we say all the time CP time, Native time, and Indian time… I also noticed that when I worked with East Indian people they would joke about Indian time, or Brown people time. This definitely seems to be a POC culture.

[@user-tv1yz1pq9x]

It took me way too long to understand that when my man (West-indian, GND) says, "I'll eat just now", I should put a lid on the pot and be prepared to reheat food ❤

[@onemysore6120]

Northern Irish time: “Keep running your mouth and I’ll take care of ya right now” (Ed: clarity) means “go on we’re having a bit of fun; until we aren’t”. BUT IF YOU HEAR someone threaten you with a consequence happening “in a minute”…well, one or both of you has probably already hit the ground. I hope this helps translate a potentially dangerous mistranslation between us…✌🏼

[@LaShawndaLP]

😂😂😂 I love a good PSA!

[@madsfiedler3884]

"in a minute" (past tense)

[@mickeyoshea2035]

Y'all's "in a minute" is a "hot second" for us. A "hot second" is different than "a second." A second really could be a minute or a while. But a hot second is round about equal to your Irish minute.

[@Lazy_Fish_Keeper]

I was so excited to learn about polychronatic time when I went back to college... If only the rest of the US would get on board....

[@mizzpoetrics]

Unfortunately, I don't see that happening! Too much profits will be lost lol! 😅

[@victoriajankowski1197]

Grew up in NY, then lived in Vegas and Washington st, then moved to Kentucky when I tell you the almost painful shock of time culture is real believe me!

[@DianaTheLance]

Honestly at this point I’m just glad when someone responds back at all regardless of how long it’ll be because at least I know they’re not gonna text back three hours later saying they just realized they forgot we were meeting up today.

[@luciatheron1621]

Time depends on the occasion. A minute to say goodbye to family and friends could take a hour. Hubby often complained about the long goodbyes,,now he does it. Yes, its contagious 😂

[@threemothers]

I’m glad it has been explained to me simply. Never understood why it is a black thing. Now I know! Thanks Sunn for sharing

[@pyroblast3000]

Prime example: visit a friend or family member. "Well we need to head out." 2 hours later standing outside still talking.

[@madsfiedler3884]

thats just midwestern xD /lh

[@Malaika924]

Is this why I have no concept of time?!! I can't tell one minute from 15 without setting an alarm 😅

[@savvivixen8490]

Thaaat could be "time-blindness," a common symptom of ADHD

[@Malaika924]

​@@savvivixen8490 😮😮😮 I never knew that!!

[@madsfiedler3884]

!! i have adhd and like the above replier said, time-blindness is Real and Horrid D: something ive found helps is rephrasing the time, so if i have 5 minutes, ill say i have X Seconds to get the task done, 15 is a quarter of an hour, etc. because i think of minutes as Long Times, turning it to seconds are a fraction of an hour makes it seem like i have Less Time --> i have the actual amount of time i have to get something done xD

[@MissMaam2504]

​@@savvivixen8490This! ADHD time blindness is like a meandering stroll thru the void til you fall into a pit of quick sand (a deadline) and gotta fight for your life to get out. 🤣🤣 I almost died (I'm late) but I'm made it.

[@marethahoneyb1541]

CPT is how we roll IYKYK n that is on Period✌🏾

[@damientom]

I suppose I have always been aware of this cultural norm, but I never gave it more thought. There is always more to learn.

[@dfoster7452]

Told my Doc I had the pain for a minute. 😆 the confused look on the docs face. I repeated it and then realized what was happening. It could have become a comedy skit.

[@saoirsevicteoiria2759]

Very interesting. Thanks for the explainer! I'm only one generation from clocks being church bells and the sun in the sky (rural Ireland), and I never connected it to our cultural flexibility with time before now, but perhaps we have a more polychronic sense of time. Where I'm from is particularly known for its inattention to time, to such an extent that I once gave someone a real fright when I gave them a head's up that I was going to be late. I meant 15 mins, he didn't understand why I'd bother telling him for less than a hour, and it would have been starting to get dark if I was much later than that. (edited to add: it getting dark was a reasonable concern given what were doing.) (Yes, Ireland is part of Europe, but for most Irish people, for most of history, we were on the edge of Europe, our integration with Europe didn't really start until the 1970s, when we joined the EU. During the Famine (when emmigration really took off) and subsequently, we tended to go the the US or other anglophone nations, rather than Europe.))

[@madsfiedler3884]

:O im from appalachia, which has a similar concept of time, im wondering if its because of the irish cultural influences we have!! some of the dialectal differences between the various regions and primary US English are accented or constructed off of irish linguistic heritage, imo it makes sense the time would come with that? :OOO

[@madsfiedler3884]

:O im from appalachia, which has a similar concept of time, im wondering if its because of the irish cultural influences we have!! some of the dialectal differences between the various regions and primary US English are accented or constructed off of irish linguistic heritage, imo it makes sense the time would come with that? :OOO

[@saoirsevicteoiria2759]

@@madsfiedler3884 I don't know -- it certainly seems plausible! My understanding is that standardised time keeping only really took off after trains became commonplace, and at least in Ireland I would say there is more clock-orientated timekeeping in cities and towns, where public transportation and cinemas are, for example. My most late friends all have cars and generally also learned to drive early, so they've never really needed to conform to clock time, in their social lives. Rural ireland has terrible transport links, so most people drive. I don't know enough about the subject of polychronic time (only just learned of it here) to say if standardised time is a factor (and if a factor, how much of a factor) in whether a culture is more monochronic or not, but it seems likely that there would be less pressure to conform to precision timing in a place where precision timing really only matters in a limited context.

[@Tbehartoo]

In my church we consider starting ten minutes past the hour on time. And my adoptive Mexican family considers MST to mean Mexican Standard Time in which apparently a minute has the same length of time as a "black minute". Had to learn to ask my Mexican Mama for exact coordinates when she said "we're almost there" or "we're on the way" because I had been sitting in the house when she'd uttered those words and still had to dress, brush out her hair, and get shoes on. More than one time. 😂

[@madsfiedler3884]

"no, i need the google maps eta please"

[@patriciabronk1786]

This is why I love Dr. Sunn’s videos. As a white deaf person, I don’t understand all AAVE. This explanation made me smile. Agreed that each culture has their own definition of time. In Deaf culture, we have DST. Our greetings are long: name, where you from, what deaf school did you go to, is your family deaf, what do you do for work. When its time to leave, we tend to follow DST. Deaf standard time. Our good byes last a long time. It may start in our kitchen (we never converse in living room) then continue good byes in the foyer, then on the sidewalk, then getting closer to our cars. Kodas (kids of deaf adults) are always complaining- “ can we leave now”?? Thank you Dr. Sunn for this post!✌🏻❤️🤟🏻

[@ariscott3437]

Don't be time blind and Dominican on top of Black like me because I may never actually get there

[@jamesspires7092]

I'm not a POC, but I grew up with this turn of phrase. I never really thought about it, because I just picked it up from my family. But Polychronic makes PERFECT sense for how I was raised and how time is a subjective concept. Thank you for adding new words to my lexicon.

[@nihilistgirl6938]

This concept of Polychronic time, it kind of reminds me almost of the way time works in a lot of stories and myths in different cultures and settings. One example is like how in Norse Myths, the stories exist kinda almost in the past, the present and the future all at the same time, like they exist outside of time almost. Or how I've read that in Aboriginal cultures in Australia there's the thing with stories taking place in a strange sort of time thing where it's happening everytime past present and future. In maybe more popcultural references, it does remind me almost of how the Argonians in elder scrolls view time as not one continous line of events, but rather there's only the present and that's it, there's no difference between the past or future, it's just "That other time that isn't now". Also in Glorantha where when people perform the myths ritualistically, they sort of get transported and are part of the age of heroes, which I guess kinda exists outside of normal linear time. I might be off base, but idk it's interesting how perceptions of time are so heavily influenced by culture and by extension how it influences our language! I'm probably a little off base, so please correct me if so.

[@beckiejani7782]

Another observation. There was once a raucous debate about Latin Standard Time in the Lawrence, MA city counselor (we're like at least 85% Spanish here 🇩🇴🇵🇷). A counselor got accused of being racist for using that expression. She replied, "Oh come on, you know most of us are on that schedule! Lighten up!"

[@happyplace3541]

This is so fascinating and feels like one of those intuitive "unspoken rules". I love when that stuff gets explained and would love to hear more about it. Like, how does the waiting person modify their plans when they get told "in a minute"? How long until it crosses over into a snub or being disrespectful? How does it hit for people in a primarily polychronic culture for someone to show up and function under a monochronic approach? Is showing up on time as disrespectful as showing up late is with the roles reversed?

[@pvp6077]

I can answer 2 of those. It becomes disrespectful if you never show up, or only in the last hour for only a couple minutes before leaving again, and yes, it's extremely disrespectful to show up exactly on time, cause we're still in the shower. If it's a party at our place, you better be near about related to us, and come expecting to cook, clean, set out plates etc if you're gonna show up right on the dot. Coming to a meetup at the exact time, is to us, like lining up at a restaurant waiting for the doors to open. Deeply unwelcome actually. Give us some time to prepare jeez.

[@happyplace3541]

@@pvp6077 thanks for answering! That makes a lot of sense.

[@Simplicity_offgriding]

DEFINITELY disrespectful to show up exactly on time. I work with mainly people of color so we all understand time the same. If I get off at 3pm, I expect my relief to be in at 3:05 but no later than 3:15. We understand how hourly pay works so usually people are not trying to mess with their money too much.

[@GwenB]

LOL. If I'm getting ready to be somewhere and find that I am ahead of schedule, I start doing something else to fill in the time. Then I realize I'm running late - again. Yikes and whoops. Here I come ya'll.

[@auroreinara7322]

I was exposed to the concept of polychronic culture a while back and it completely blew my mind as I was very much brough up to the concept of "early is on time and on time is late". I very much respect polychronic people, and I wish I could grow up in such a culture.

[@helensernett9477]

I was at an international conference once and we had half a day to explore Copenhagen in small groups. The attendees from South America booked a boat tour for after their meal. They arrived at the dock two minutes (120seconds) after the scheduled departure to find the boat had left shore already. No refunds. And due to the conference schedule no other voyage worked. They were so mad. The idea that 120 seconds constituted “being late” just did not make sense in their culture…and they had no one from a mono chronological culture with them. They shared their disbelief with anyone who would listen at the conference. And it was fascinating to see the reactions. They completely divided based on how a person’s home culture views time.

[@VestaBlackclaw]

Yeah when I heard the question, the thing that came to mind was "how ever long it needs to be" before it reached C. It's smthn I've noticed between friend groups and actually influences how I coordinate stuff with people lmao It's crazy how cultural this is, but hey! New words to add to my vocab about perception of time!

[@classycasual3910]

Dude made his video over a minute long! It checks out!

[@gingersnapsback8353]

I learned with my first girlfriend what a black minute was, but where I am in life rn, I don't run by the measurement of time here. In fact, it's as you described by feeling and environment. No schedules, no strict or rigid sense of time. Kinda like the days meld and blend together and I just go by day and night.

[@aiocafea]

i thought this was about past lengths of time, like "it's been happening for a *minute* " which i interpret as "i don't even remember a time before it was happening"

[@marinthegoedschalk7245]

Amen❤

[@jojoone1099]

I'm annoyed if the grill isn't set up when I go to a cookout. No matter how late I try to be, I'm still early?

[@dabullzfan25]

We must be related on my mother's side. She was always early. To this day, I remember showing up for a 9 AM doctor's appointment at 6 AM. miget have been 6:30, but we were there before the dang employees and the doctor.

[@jojoone1099]

@@dabullzfan25 lol

[@courtneywitherspoon8584]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 so just grab the tables and chairs and set up. Lol "no matter how late I try to be, I'm still early " is HILARIOUS! WHEW!😅

[@jojoone1099]

@courtneywitherspoon8584 I'm trying to avoid all that work! 😆😆😆

[@ToLovelyJesus]

One time we showed up to a family reunion on time and no one else was there. 😂

[@dakkonfury]

Shit, my skin's the color of Duke's and I've been using it the same way... a second means I'm doing it right now, a minute... it's gonna be a while! Maybe tomorrow... maybe.

[@missccarr89]

Lol I only know about Dukes cus of Josh and Momma 😂😂😂❤

[@KattReen]

I can handle variants of "soonish" being relative to different people, that just is what it is and you kind of learn with each person. I only ever hang out once or twice with people who tell me we're meeting at a specific time and arrive one or two hours later though lol. I have limited energy reserves, and they're being slowly depleted even if the person isn't there, those folks are just going to have to hang out with eachother instead

[@IndomitableAde]

0:34 And this is why I no longer buy Lauryn Hill tickets. She has become the embodiment of CPT. The one time I saw her in concert will have to be enough. 😂

[@dabullzfan25]

I had her mom as an English teacher in middle school/junior high. Other than looking like her mom, which I never put the two together until years later, they are really nothing alike.

[@marethahoneyb1541]

@@dabullzfan25If you don’t know here Lauryn Hill personally how would you know her n her moms nothing alike excluding punctuality

[@Simplicity_offgriding]

If the Asian or black owned, beauty supply store says that they open at 9 AM. Someone will be there to unlock the doors around 930.😅😅😅

[@jenn2894]

i worked at a black owned daycare/church for 10yrs. i was the only white employee and the only one who was chronically late for one reason or other. it eventually became a joke around the center that we were all doing our parts in contridicting stereotypes 😅

[@julienunnally8040]

Our group of friends has dubbed it "homeboy time". Same thing though, if so-and-so says they'll be there in 20 min., just assume it's more like an hour and a half because he's on homeboy time. It works out for everyone cause then you know if you have extra time to get ready or not. As long as you know who is on which kind , ordinary or homeboy, then there's a clear understanding among the friend group. It works.😺

[@bearwarner4994]

I lived in the Southwest for a huge chunk of my adult life. In my friend circle, many people were either Diné [Navajo], Hispanic, or some mix of white, Hispanic, and Native. There were also some Hopi and Pueblo people there. There were a few plain white people like me. Anyway, a lot of our Diné friends said they operated on "rez time." This was okay with everyone involved because we were also all stoners, and on Stoner Time. Idk. Somehow, it pretty much always worked out. When everyone understands and manages their expectations, it's not a problem. Rather than moving in a specific time frame, you think in terms of getting there before the food gets cold or getting there before everybody gets sleepy and wants to go to bed.

[@LifeBetweenTheDash]

Told a new friend, "I'll be there in a few." She, with the urging of her family, called in a welfare check to the Police when I didn't arrive in the 5 to 15 minutes they thought I meant. 😵‍💫 Yeah, they were the same ones that kept asking what time does the BBQ start 🤣

[@Anddroiden]

I have had this idea that it has something to do with the heat of the origin of the culture. This is completely anecdotal, but my experience is that hot areas tend to have a looser definition of time and we do see some polychronic time in southern Europe as well, maybe to a smaller extend than asian and african cultures, but i don't know enough to comment on that in any capacity.

[@pvp6077]

Sorry to be the one to correct you but it's because there was no such thing as "minutes" until after trains were invented and people wanted a better way of tracking their arrival and departures. I'm Canadian and we have a whole college named after the guy who invented minutes; Sir Sandford Fleming. Look it up. It's not all that interesting, but it'll confirm my comment at least 🤓👍🏾

[@Anddroiden]

@@pvp6077 if that's the case, just as cool i was just speculating on some anecdotal evidence.

[@VampyreVladimira]

Irish/Scottish time: "I'm on my way" = "I haven't left the house yet."

[@yieeeeeeeeeeeeee]

Same thing in Southeast Asia if someone says they'll be here in a minute we'll be roaming around casually on the entire place because we know that minute would be hours or so 💀.

[@JimLigon]

For real. "I'll be there in a minute.", does not equal 60 seconds. LMFAO!

[@denisegallo9317]

I was working in Namibia. They say I’ll do it “just now” it means when I get around to it. I was like WTH it has NOW in it 🤷‍♀️

[@angelaholloway5321]

I am Black. If you tell me 10 minutes and you are not there in 15 - I am leaving you. Black people get to work on time for ole "Mr Charlie" because they respect his time. But when it comes to family and friends they don't care. Time is the one thing that I don't know how much I have. I don't care if it is a 'culture' thing. You do not have the right to waste my valuable time!

[@kreyolLA84]

I assumed this generally applies to family gatherings and not work situations, (or travel plans, or things like a first date), in which case I would see it as a lack of respect and not a very normal thing. Personally, I'd specify a time range for gatherings if I thought it was going to be an issue.

[@ToLovelyJesus]

I think it would have to be established beforehand if it was a formal or informal meeting. If I were meeting you for lunch during your work break, I would be on time. But if it’s a kickback/hangout situation, I would get there when I could.

[@paulamartinez3314]

This feels very spanish to me i told my friend i would go to his house in the afternoon, it was 10 pm when i checked again to tell him i was on my way, i was gonna get there eventually.

[@RamenNoodle1985]

I call it being on Island time - could be there today, tomorrow, sometime in the upcoming week 🤷

[@ketiahbahtisrael2386]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@blue12night2]

A black min. Could just be tomorrow😂

[@delphinecastleberry]

Exactly. Thats why.

[@beckiejani7782]

Not just cultural, but may reflect the spiritual underpinnings of the culture. IST!!!!! Indian Standard Time! Ironically, more than a few spiritual teachers have said that in their ashram 9 AM means 9 AM, not 8:59 and not 9:01.

[@sunnmcheaux]

We don't separate spiritual from cultural. The two are intrinsic to us.

[@beckiejani7782]

@@sunnmcheaux That's the best! It permeates and makes things better!

[@roxywyndham]

This makes me feel less stress about having time blindness 😂

[@kandyedwards1376]

So true

[@pvp6077]

This is heavily to due to the fact that we didn't actually have a concept of "minutes" until after we invented trains. People wanted to know exactly when they were gonna show up so some English dude named Sir Sandford Fleming decideded to divide hours into smaller units of measurement and called them minutes. Y'know. Because it's French for "small" and he wanted to be ✨Fancy✨ So yeah. British guy invented minutes and everyone, especially people with trains, started getting on board, mostly because of colonialism and not having a choice. That's also why there's so many English words for part of an hour (like quarter and half), or unspecified units of time (like "a moment"), and you never find "minutes" in that form in any actual historical works beyond like 1800s. All that "when the cock crows" or "when the first star shines" stuff you see in (accurate) historical novels and fantasy. That was how everyone was telling time until recently. And notice how the most punctuality obsessed cultures are or were heavily influenced by train schedules. Even America back in the day was built on trains.

[@aedes947]

A quick search showed me that the concept of minute is way older

[@wartgin]

​@@aedes947 There are some excellent timekeeping devices from before trains but only the rich could afford them. Environmental clues (cock crows, sunrise, etc) and church bells striking the quarter hours were what most used. So while you do have a small subset who are aware of and may even use the concept of minutes, they are surrounded by vast numbers who are not used to and, in fact, cannot be that exact.

[@tCheetara82]

I have coined Melaninated Minute because we're not the only POCs that think time is conceptual 😅

[@lanatur]

I think the same is true for southern Europe,

[@JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts]

Love that breakdown, Love. Thank you. ❤

[@TheDanielscarroll]

Ya I like this concept more never knew the history thanks!

[@burningbarnavit]

I'm white AF, but this still makes complete sense to me. That being said, I'm a second generation "Islander" in Washington State. We have something called "Island Time" (IT). It kinda sounds like CPT & PT are pretty much the same in idea, and definition.

[@fung4310]

Thank you ❤ Also applies to neuro divergent brains where time blindness is seriously real 😅

[@dizzylilthing]

When I was delivering to black clients I always thought it was really strange that I would get compliments or even disbelief over punctuality. When I said "I got you covered, I can have it there in 15" I meant that I would have the product in their hands in under 15 minutes. throw on the pokémon backpack, hop on my bike, and pedal like hell to make that 15 minutes like I promised it free if it's late. never really understood it, I just thought it was a stereotype about white people being incompetent So it's surprising when we do what we say.

[@marethahoneyb1541]

The entire concept went over your head or did it, there are millions of Black folks who go to work daily n are in time go to appts daily n are in time Idk who these black folks you speak of but I’ve never seen it complimented a white person for delivering anything on time many of Black Uber delivery drivers do it all day everyday

[@TocYounger]

I (Indo Guyanese) tried explaining the concept of island time to my classmates in a cultural Anthropology class at University in Alberta... I explained that, if Aunty say come past aroun 5 o'clock, no one showin up until at least 7! They all told me I'm just rude and inconsiderate lmao. Which was especially ironic in the context of a Cultural Anthropology class. Luckily, the prof was Colombian, so she knew what's good.

[@davidwong6575]

Im usually early to not be late due to anxiety and I know you said its not. But I kind of love the idea of saying “i would have been on time but I didnt want to be racist” to a boss or somethin 😂

[@PearlTheSpinster]

Loves it😂😂😂❤❤❤

[@yugoxgc]

In the corporate business setting, be punctual. Casual social setting it can be a bother sometimes, but we chill so whatever. You'll be there when you get there😅

[@gigi4love990]

The way I’m trying to radicalize my friends to accept the concept of polychronicity!! 😂 At least in cultural spaces and not when it comes to business/services rendered. I’ll have to show them this video

[@kalenanichol8375]

Algorithm boost ❤️

[@jinxshadow5218]

As a German white girl on a student exchange with Palestinian students, we were specifically made aware of this difference in time concept. As a person who has a hard time waiting, I still got annoyed in some situations. :P

[@teresaabrown8077]

👌 That's what that is !! Very Well Put Professor. 😎❤ ✌😊

[@purple-flowers]

Theres a lot of interesting ideas with "chrononormarivity" in queer studies, i would be very interested to see where there are overlaps in black culture as well

[@susanlippy1009]

My very European parents hated that I was never on time🤣. Can't seem to pay attention to a watch. My father did not believe in being late, on time was late. It's kinda like our saying everything is 15 minutes away no matter the distance🤣. Its all 15 minutes. Don't know where my lack of time sense comes from, not my family that's for sure. Love that a whole culture embraces a relaxed way of life.

[@rootsAlkebu]

we addicts call it "dope man time"😬 but its typical in a lotta Black countries, i think we are just "take it easy" kinda people. i hate to be rushed. i believe a lot of personality, character has to do with which climate we evolved.

[@kelvinfairwell6134]

Afrikan people believe time belongs to GOD!!✊️

[@luciatheron1621]

English speakers in South Africa use ' now, now'... eg. Ill be there now now or ill do it now now etc. 😊

[@livinglife1683]

I hope you have Many Sons to gift to the world. Beautiful and Intelligent to boot!! Proud of You Brother!

[@TraeDawn43]

Time is an illusion

[@az21bob666]

That's interesting.

[@yippehanako]

Had a moment with a cook at my job the other day when i was grabbing my food to run it and he said, "you okay to wait a minute on x thing?" Did he mean -wait here, it's literally almost ready? Or Did he mean -It's not gonna be ready any time soon? So I say, "Like...a minute or a MINUTE?" And he had to clarify by saying 60 seconds 😂

[@socialworknerd]

Thank you for teaching me, Sunn.

[@MissMeMsLee]

🤔 I wonder if this is why party invitations normally say things like 9 until…

[@underthedice1231]

Kinda like how In my dialect of french, "give me 30 second" means "a short amount of time" but "2 seconds" means "don't disturb me, I'll get back to you" Or "giving someone 5 minutes" means "there is a limit to my tim and its about 5 min" but "giving someone 1 min" means "until I change my mind"? Is that similar, or am I missing something? Is that a way in which québecois deviates from other french dialects or is that dynamic a common wealth one?

[@melissasallard7642]

I knew it was a thing, I just didn't understand why it was a thing. ❤

[@siristhesalamander4186]

I was aware that other cultures didn't adhere to the same standards of punctuality as mine does, I just didn't know there was a word for it! Sunn m'Cheaux must be a linguist or something! 😉 /lh

[@andreevaillancourt2177]

My father's people refer to it as Indian Time as in Indigenous peoples' time. Spent my life showing up extra early for everything, because I always hated it when non-Indigenous people would always be trotting this racist bs out all the time. Five minutes late and it's all what you doing running on 'Indian time' today. I grew up in the sixties and seventies, people would say that sh*t to your face back in the day.

[@GwenB]

'Time' means sometime that day.

[@bebechocolateinbarcelona-a5034]

Depends on which countries in Europe. In Spain (and the other latin countries) also do CPT. The lower you the region, the longer the minute. It´s not just a Black-American thing at all! jajajajajaja

[@may-zl9me]

I may've missed something, what's CPT stand for? Id it an acronym?

[@mickwatt2803]

Colored People Time

[@jmslade7]

💜🖤💛❤️💚💜

[@ArthurThomas-tp9vn]

It's so true that context matters. I married a white woman (not because I hate black women, I love y'all too), so I had to change my definition with her. For everybody else, it's still C. For her, because I feel bad, the best I could do is B. It can never be 60 seconds, I'm not built like that, lol.

[@51Lois]

Rhythm

[@cloudyrem]

whats cpt stand for though?

[@davetom8517]

All of this is true, and I think this may be a southern thing, as well. I grew up in a small town in the deep south, and the population was practically a whiteout. The answer was "c" there, also.

[@davetom8517]

@@SaraGamesToo Also true. This was just my experience in my past. I'm not saying "Well it's a white thing too, so there."

[@finally97]

I'm usually with you, but this one seems to be a reach since what you describe is more neurodivergent than culture. Those diagnosed with ADHD are typically time blind. We measure time as you described, which is an entirely different conversation.