I said this about Zero Dark Thirty until someone explained it to me and I'm still not sure I believe it https://twitter.com/mammonmachine/status/813080189794185216 …
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Upon tweeting this I went and looked it up and apparently it's used in the military as a joke term, not a serious one, which I buy more
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Replying to @arthur_affect
What does that title mean? Strangely AT THE TIME OF RELEASE I assumed it was the callsign of a special forces team
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
ok well the assumption seems to have been it's a reference to the time of the bin Laden raid, 12:30 am
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
people were saying "Zero Dark Thirty" was a way to say 00:30 in military time
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
but in fact the "dark" is a joke, not actual military jargon
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
soldiers joke about doing something at "zero dark thirty" just to indicate it's in the wee hours
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the "dark" replaces the specific digit, like "zero one thirty" (01:30), etc
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