Yesterday?

[Xanth]

Quick question...

When does yesterday begin for you?

[AAAAAAAA]

The second to last time from now that it was 12:00AM.

[Xanth]

The second to last time from now that it was 12:00AM.

Intellectually, I can see that.

But in practice, is that REALLY how you use the term "yesterday"?

If at 12:01AM, do you speak about something that happened a couple minutes prior as happening "yesterday"?

It's just an honest question... and one which is open to everyone.  I'm just curious when "yesterday" happens for people. 

[LucidlyAstral]

Technically right after 12 AM, but IMO "yesterday" means whatever happens before I get a good nights sleep.

[Steelflame]

Yeah, same for me. I usually think of yesterday as the time before I went to sleep. Unless I only got an hour or so of sleep, in that case the days sort of blend together.

[Bluefirephoenix]

Xanth is enjoying the uh fruits and flowers of his garden I see.    The time I was awake before the last time I was asleep.  Depends on if I'm on day or backshift.

[Szaxx]

Hee hee, when they play John Lennons' masterpiece.

[TheWolfofDreams]

What is today if yesterday's tomorrow?

[M4RT1N]

What is today if yesterday's tomorrow?

Ereyesterday?

[Stillwater]

I count myself fairly closely with the others. I call yesterday what happened before the people around me awoke from their sleep. Unless I haven't slept in a while myself, then I forget and start to call the time before I myself slept yesterday. If I am speaking with people from far away places, such as now, the concept of yesterday ceases to have meaning, and I speak of calender dates instead.

I think we are suffering some sort of Zen Ko'an here, lol.

What do you call yesterday Xanth, and why?