New Years Eve in 2016 -> New Years Day in 2017

SabreMau

Ohh, THAT'S how that works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2nNzNo_Xps

As of right now, we're nine hours away from Tonga, Samoa, and Kiribati from being the first to write 2017 on their checks due to their highly advanced UTC+14 time zone.

The festive holiday (albeit just yet another Sunday morning for many of us) offers a variety of reflections, resolutions, and recipes.



It's a pretty safe assumption that you know when midnight occurs in your own time zone, but if you want to look around and be global about it, the time zone countdown clock is in the usual place.

Previous Editions:
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/202575/say-goodbye-to-2015/p1
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/195470/2014-remembrance-thread/p1
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/186047/2013-is-so-last-year/p1
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/171192/2012-year-end-review/p1
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/153166/your-bests-of-2011/p1
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/134107/dear-2010-gtfo/p1
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/109058/my-new-years-was-the-bomb/p1
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/78754/so-long-2008/p1
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/45753/so-it-is-new-years-eve/p1
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/10323/itt-2007-predictions/p1

BugBoy

I can't wait to carry out my New Years tradition of writing the wrong year down for a solid two weeks.

BahamutZERO

I wonder when Japan adopted the Gregorian calendar... huh the wikipedia article on the subject of Gregorian calendar adoption is pretty interesting

Rainfall

I've got about eight people coming over for new years, and courtesy of Lalabox I have cocktail gear so I'm going to try my hand at mixing some drinks before I inevitably get super drunk and fall over.

Last new years was a total bust at a cool acquaintances party that I thought I would enjoy but was instead full of very nonsocial people.

NYE is my holiday of choice, though. This year will be very satisfying to yell at as it leaves.

Dr. Flamingo

Put this fucking year in the ground.

SabreMau

We can't yet. There's football playoff rituals to get through first.

Weaver

2016 had to get one more dig in, stepped out on the fire escape, dude in an apartment directly across the way has his window wide open, lights on, while furiously jacking it.

Blackjack

Indie Winter

Lalabox

I am at a party and it's lovely but i also feel old because it's a quarter to ten and i feel profoundly tired

Lalabox

Rainfall wrote: »

I've got about eight people coming over for new years, and courtesy of Lalabox I have cocktail gear so I'm going to try my hand at mixing some drinks before I inevitably get super drunk and fall over.

Last new years was a total bust at a cool acquaintances party that I thought I would enjoy but was instead full of very nonsocial people.

NYE is my holiday of choice, though. This year will be very satisfying to yell at as it leaves.

I got introduced to a lovely cocktail on christmas day that was 1.5 shots gin, 0.5 shots sugar syrup and 3/4 shots lemon juice, shake with ice, pour, and the top with champaign/prosecco/bubbly

Orthanc

In 10 minutes it will be 2017 and I will claim this thread for kiwis everywhere...

If I don't return to claim the thread you'll know that the bells of 12 mark the end of days and you should enjoy whatever remaining time your timezone affords you.

Raijin Quickfoot

HEY 2016, FUCK YOU! YOU WON'T BE MISSED!

SabreMau

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i3H0L_X-3A

Molybdomancy (from ancient Greek μόλυβδος - molybdos "lead" + mancy, probably after Greek μολυβδομαντεία - molybdomanteia or French molybdomancie) is a technique of divination using molten metal. Typically molten lead or tin is dropped into water.

The method originates in ancient Greece and it became a common New Year tradition in the Nordic countries and Germany (German: Bleigießen, "lead pouring"), Switzerland and Austria. Classically, tin is melted on a stove and poured into a bucket of cold water. The resulting shape is either directly interpreted as an omen for the future, or is rotated in a candlelight to create shadows, whose shapes are then interpreted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WR9JXXkj04

bsjezz

man, i had a pretty shit year personally

but i learnt a lot and have a second kid on her way

i'm on the couch listening to the radio. it's 11:03pm. i'm ready

https://youtu.be/ToifIVYcBlQ

UnbrokenEva

https://youtu.be/ii6kJaGiRaI

This can apply to the remaining hours of 2016 or all of 2017, as you like

Brovid Hasselsmof

We're going to have a braai tonight. I'm probably going to have one beer and go to bed early because I'm still ill. Party party party!

discrider

Aaaaand 2017.
May next year be less punctuated with house-destroying winds.

Lalabox

happy new year nerds

drinking is making me feel ill

tynic

Lala where ARE you
I cannot figure it out from your New Years posting
By my clock you put that up at 11.41

Lalabox

tynic wrote: »

Lala where ARE you
I cannot figure it out from your New Years posting
By my clock you put that up at 11.41

In sydney

The fireworks def weren't early so problem is at user's end

tynic

it's just gone midnight here
But you DEFINITELY posted that more than half an hour ago

I'm confused

Lalabox

It's 12:30 now so ?????

Are you in one pf those states that do the weird half hour timezones?

tynic

Yes
Still doesn't explain why you posted at 11.11 my time

discrider

Probably the good old S of A

Lalabox

Wait what

Why is that now a half hpur earlier than what you said before?

Prohass

Woo sbs pop Asia marathon. I burst into tears in front of my parents because it finally hit me that I have no idea what I'm doing, how I'll ever support myself, and the future just seems like a slow death

2017 yay!

Lalabox

I posted at 12:11 my time so?

Foreworks were happeni g and while some were early, the bridge wasn't

tynic

Lalabox wrote: »

Wait what

Why is that now a half hpur earlier than what you said before?

Because I was adjusting for NSW time before
And still not coming up with midnight, I might add

Edit: wait I've figured it out
The forum clock thinks I'm somewhere else

Lalabox

The bridge is always right nic

Brovid Hasselsmof

tynic wrote: »

it's just gone midnight here
But you DEFINITELY posted that more than half an hour ago

I'm confused

The timestamp on this post reads 3:32 for me and Lala's new year post says 3:11 so...

tynic

Yeah I was looking at forum time stamps
But turns out the forum has no clue that south Australia exists

Prohass

Let's just all agree that time is a dick

Brovid Hasselsmof

There's a country called South Australia??

Lalabox

pppppfffffffffffffttttttt

south australia

Lalabox

buncha fucken vinyards and an over irrigated river

Prohass

Brovid Hasselsmof wrote: »

There's a country called South Australia??

I'd'ave called it chazzwozzers.

Also this is now the second Australia thread, it's spreading
https://youtu.be/HTdOQjmbAHY

Lalabox

you find yourself in alice springs, you don't drive south is what i'm saying

discrider

It's a testament to how populated the east coast is that we never got around to properly n aming the rest of the country.
Just Northern territory, Western Australia, South Australia.

tynic

Lalabox wrote: »

buncha fucken vinyards and an over irrigated river

Literally down the road from me right now

Lalabox

to be fair the naming of nsw went something like "oi this reminds me of somewhere in wales" "nah mate i'm not seeing it" "yeah sure not like the Whole of wales, but like the south, innit"