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About
10am or 2pm refers to a viral debate about whether moving a midday meeting forward two hours means the meeting would occur at 10 a.m. or 2 p.m. The question went viral after it was asked by a TikToker in May 2022, with some answering 10 a.m. and some 2 p.m. depending on their perception of time and the word "forward."
Origin
On May 8th, 2022, TikToker[1] @erica_mallett posted a video where she puts forward the question, "If I say we have a meeting at midday and then I say can we move it forward two hours, what time is that?" saying that you don't truly know someone until you know their answer (shown below). The video gained over 23.8 million views in three days and inspired over 63,000 comments, many debating the answer.
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7095268435600346369
On the same day, @erica_mallett posted another video to TikTok[2] elaborating on the answers people give to the questions, saying it comes down to how you view time. She claims that people who answer "2 p.m." see themselves as moving through time towards 2 p.m., while people who answer 10 a.m. see time as moving through them (shown below). The video gained over 1.6 million views in three days.
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7095311939059911938
Spread
The video inspired debates on Twitter and TikTok in the following days. On May 9th, 2022, Twitter[4] user @bilzyb shared the video, gaining over 1,200 quote tweets and 200 likes in two days. On May 10th, PopBuzz[3] published an article about the debate. On the same date, TikToker[5] @ieatclouds_ posted a video about how it feels to explain it's 10 a.m. not 2 p.m., gaining over 1,200 views in under 24 hours (shown below).
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7096250427020152069
Various Examples
![I mean it's 10am. I don't get it!? mords @otherwiseimok · 1h I mean it's 10am. I don't get it!? ... dollabilz @bilzyb - May 9 Guys, what's your answer? Show this thread Thesisat se you Areed to ask TikTok 0:22 152.4K views 5 LO](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/364/323/c81.jpg)
![My favourite thing about twitter is that I've just discovered this and there are people literally saying the answer is 2pm an johnny @jfkdri - 2h ... My favourite thing about twitter is that l've just discovered this and there are people literally saying the answer is 2pm and l'm just like... Who are these people learning things from????? Who educates these people??? Someone stupid!!! dollabilz @bilzyb - May 9 Guys, what's your answer? Show this thread The ston you eed to ask TikTok 0:17 152.4K views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/364/324/3aa.jpg)
![can’t believe how dense ppl are. when the clocks go FORWARD we lose an hour of sleep. so how can the answer be 2pm? @johunna_ · 3h ... can't believe how dense ppl are. when the clocks go FORWARD we lose an hour of sleep. so how can the answer be 2pm? dollabilz @bilzyb May 9 Guys, what's your answer? Show this thread The sttor you reed to ask TikTok 0:19 152.4K views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/364/325/b3c.jpg)
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7095897303130574081
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7095354192226798854
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7095590394934906158
Search Interest
External References
[1] TikTok – erica_mallett
[2] TikTok – erica_mallett
[3] PopBuzz – Is it 10am or 2pm? People are divided over this viral time question on TikTok
[5] TikTok – ieatclouds_
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