In the get-go , there was the weekend , and it was good . But since then , mean solar day of the week have been playing musical chairs ; Thursday was proclaimed " the raw Friday , " other days have attempt to become the new Thursday – Monday , Tuesday ( never Wednesday , though . Ew . ) – and we ’ve seen the ascent of Sunday Funday . Well , it ’s sentence to cue everybody why Thursday ’s still the best 24-hour interval to go out , despite what Friday , Saturday , Sunday , Monday , and Tuesday have to say ( do n’t even prove , Wednesday ) .
1 . Thursday follows Hump Day . From here , things only get easier and easy .
2 . Three tidings : Thursday drink specials . It ’s like Friday , without that shamefaced feeling when you look at your bank statement on Saturday .
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3 . You actually have a prospect of getting into that exclusive taproom on Thursday . You do n’t even need to know the bouncer ’s roommate ’s uncle or whatever exculpation you apply on way - less - popular Saturdays .
4 . No one ’s worn out from the night before and everyone ’s excited to say goodbye to the work week ( too soon , but close enough ) . The same ca n’t be said for Mondays , which feel like everyone just retrovert fromthatbattle inGame Of Thrones .
5 . If you start thinking of the weekend officially starting on Thursday night ( with a measly 8 minute of work wedged in between that and Friday at 5 ) , it feels middling long .
6 . Plus , if your job does the whole “ Summer Fridays ” affair , that mean only 4 hours interrupt your three - day weekend . That ’s 72 hours before you need to think about emails , meeting , conference calls and everything else that ’s drive you to go out mighty now .
7 . spate pricing on a Thursday ? Hah !
8 . you could still use work as an excuse to go home at a reasonable hour once your friend starts talking about their ex-husband again . We ’ve all been there .
9 The relaxed , happy strain of Friday do it that much easier to go out and have more fun Thursday night – folks will be less likely to thrash an eye if you ’re in a couplet of extra minutes late . Do n’t even judge this on a Tuesday .
10 . The expected value for have the most out of a Thursday night are right smart more lax than making the most out of a Friday night , thus making them that much easy to surpass .
11 . Your friends never make you come up see their awful Sublime back band on a Thursday . If they do , make novel booster . ( Though to be fair , this should be a offense any mean solar day of the week ) .
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12 . Since Friday ’s payday , the money you spend will be back in your account by dawn . Unless you somehow grapple to dribble a whole payroll check in one night , support your status as a party legend .
13 . cash in one’s chips out on Thursday allows you to get even more ambitious with your “ real ” weekend plans . Or , more realistically , not feel sorry about stick in on a Friday .
14 . Needing to blow off steam will not be judge as “ a case of the Mondays , ” andthatreality is still four glorious day away .
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15 . Since most masses are home watching Shonda Rhimes shows , the dance floor is whole yours . entrust us , you could catch up on Olivia Pope ’s late high jinx over the weekend .
16 . The weekend looks a lot better from Thursday nighttime than when you wake up at 6 pm on Saturday and realize you ’ve wasted half of it . Do n’t worry – you still cop it .
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