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I got a fortune cookie with the message *you will have lots of fun next weekend* on a Wednesday. Which weekend does this refer to? Is it the one in three days or the one after that?

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There is no consensus on whether "Next weekend" means the coming weekend, or the weekend following that. It varies from speaker to speaker, and also depends on what day it is when it's said -- the meaning is clear when spoken on a Saturday (it means the weekend following the current one), and becomes less clear through the week.

When it's important, you should clarify if you're the speaker, or ask for clarification if you're the listener.

The message on the fortune cookie is not true (except, perhaps, by coincidence), so it doesn't matter what it means :)
Looking at the "verb tense" of the sentence should be enough. The only thing I can say "this" may have a "limited scope" in time span where "last" and "next" come into usage. Consider:

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> I will watch TV this/next weekend
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