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Or Scotland
While it doesn’t always work out this way (geography, time of the year) we call it midnight because its supposed to be halfway through the night. If so then after midnight we would expect the sun is now coming back towards us (relatively speaking) so it should be the beginning of a new day. >

Right, but why are we saying good morning when we still have half of the night remaining? >

I don’t think people typically do this automatically. Rather we begin doing so after we wake up regardless of if that is at 3am or 6 am as our new day has begun for us. >

Maybe it's different other places, but I've heard plenty of people say things like "I was out until 2 in the morning." >

No, you are correct, that is common. I guess we are discussing two separate things: when the new day starts, and when it is appropriate to start using the term morning versus night. An alternative is when people say that they stayed up all night, I don’t think they mean until midnight. >

Agreed. A more important aspect of my argument is work hours. Instead of a 9 to 5, you'd have a 3 to 11. But you say "my country already solved this with a 24hr clock."  Well, night shift workers would typically come in to work and leave on the same calendar day.  Very few jobs have hours that lap both sides of 6am. Tons of them lap midnight. >

I understand but would also suggest that the exception here is also the historical precedent for the way we measure the work day (although it has substantially changed with electricity) and that is farmers. I grew up in a farming town, and for most of the year they were already working substantially earlier than 6am.
The reason I bring up farmers is just to suggest that those jobs that can be arbitrarily arranged such that they fall in the same day are typically jobs that do not rely on forces of nature as much. Jobs that require natural daylight (farming, construction, et cetera) have historically been more important to us than jobs where artificial light is acceptable. Just my opinion though. >

I'm in construction. Sometimes we come in before 6, but rarely. Most jobs start somewhere between 6-7. If we run a job around the clock with night and day shifts, those shifts are typically 6a to 6p. 
Is farming typically an hourly job? I did more ranch related things growing up, but hay paid by the bale, and tractor work was by the acre. >

I would say it depends on (for both construction and farming) the type.
With farming, that sounds like something similar to cattle (meat) or crop farming. I grew up working in construction (electric) and worked a few times throwing hay (worst job ever). With farming, throwing hay never needed to be done at four in the morning, in fact it seemed like the A-holes went out of their way to ensure it was done during the hottest part of the day. My buddies (grew up on their farms) and had a couple hours of work to finish before they came to school. I used to feel sorry for them until I realized that by 22 they were making 100k.
As far as construction, I have worked nights as well but that was typically the parts that were indoors (mainly factories), I seem to remember (I may be wrong) the electrical companies that had night shifts outside were mostly very large outfits. We typically reserved outside work to be done during daylight whenever possible. >

Let’s globally change our set point of time so night shift workers don’t have to do math and make it less awkward for OP to exchange salutations with people. >

I agree it's too late to fix the problem.  I just want people to know that it's screwed up so I'm not alone anymore. >

It’s not screwed up.
And what you’re proposing would create far more problems than it would “fix”. >

I'm not actually proposing anything. Whoever ye olden tymes scholar that started this mess was, they did it wrong. It's way too late to fix, but it is wrong. >

It’s not “wrong.”
If the day started at 6, you realize a lot of us would be waking up, eating breakfast, starting our day in the technical day before?
How is that better?
A lot of people would still be starting work in one day and ending it the next.  Just not you.
You think a global system is “wrong” because it doesn’t fit you better.
Setting all the clocks back 6 hours so that 0600 becomes the new 00:00 would do nothing but let you clock in and out in the same 24hr period.  Congrats, now you don’t have to do math and count out your hours.
But that would mean a whole lot more people would not be getting their day done in that 24 hour period.  Waking up at 2300, breakfast at 2330, off to work at 0000, lunch at 0600?  You mess with everyone else’s time tables just to save yourself some mental math. >

You just almost perfectly described how my day would go. I rarely see the sun on my house. Leave in the dark, get home in the dark.
Off to work at 0000 makes sooo much more sense. The clock matches your schedule.  I just wish the person that started this clock in the first place could read your comment.
I did have a job that started at 5:30a once, and I've had days where I've clocked in at 3am. It's rare though. Most shift workers change shifts on the 6s. >

you do realize that people all have different schedules don't you?
also not everyones life revolves around work, i havent seen one up side to what you have said and a ton of drawbacks >

I get that. My job doesn't go past midnight.
My point is that we literally revolve around the sun. Starting the clock at the average sunrise (or sunset ) makes more sense than starting it at a time that nothing else in nature recognizes as significant.
We picked a rather arbitrary time to give such a significant landmark. >

r/notunpopularjustdumb >

Fun sub! I saw that cow guy yesterday. Today there's one that likes milkshakes. He thinks it's a new idea.
Weirdos, right? >

You’d fit right in with em >

Post it over there and see what happens! I'll go upvote you! You gotta come up with a caption. 
"OP thinks day should start in the morning"
Something better than that. >

It always makes me smile seeing people deal with criticism by being incredibly wholesome and nice >

I definitely started it! Plus I don't think anyone posts in this sub expecting to get positive feedback. >

I think you’d be surprised lol. >

Agreed. But if you’re in the north of Norway the new day would start at 2 AM in the summer. 😅