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The greatest country in the world (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Months are dumb. Inconsistent lengths, the names are out of sync (OCTober isn't month 8), pretend to be based on lunar cycles but not, etc.

Give us Year/Day date formats. Extra new year holiday on leap years.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In theory yes stupid, in practice I've never been confused once. Its fine guys, why's it such a massive issue for everyone?

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Americans write the date the way we would say it. August 9th 2023.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Generally speaking you're usually from 0 to 720 hours in a month: how many time in a year you have to remind people what month they are into vs. the single day?

Guy A: "Hey, what day is it?"

Guy B: "It's Sunday, the 13th."

Guy A: "Of...?" (gesturing to keep going)

Guy B: "Ah, right, we're just 390 hours into August. You may have missed that."

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wait, you mean the last 2 are, in all fact, the same, exact, thing?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

That's what kills me about people who rag on Americans.

We order our dates the way we say them, and we use a temperature system is a great way to describe feeling heat.

I've got no defense for imperial measurements beyond scooping up a cup of flour is easier than dumping it on a scale.

But people spend more energy shitting on the cultural norms of Americans than anyone else (especially Europeans) and then spend a lot of time telling us we have no culture.