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submitted 10 months ago by Deegham@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[-] TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id 13 points 10 months ago

Because they're teenagers. In the real world nobody actually gives a fuck. Call me weird, but the different formats have never caused me a single instant of confusion in my entire life.

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

As a developer, this has been an annoying and oftentimes confusing source of additional work for me.

[-] MayonnaiseArch@beehaw.org 8 points 10 months ago

You must do a lot of business with overseas people. It causes confusion pretty often

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 3 points 10 months ago

Possibly not even outside their county.

[-] TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id 2 points 10 months ago

Nope. Never. Every time people are easily able to figure it out in a matter of seconds.

In the grand scale of things it's probably one of the least important things I can think of.

[-] MayonnaiseArch@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

Ok, what date is 05/05/2024? Figure it out. And you have to pay me by then.

[-] idiomaddict@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

Simple, just pay it by 04/04/2024, that way it has 31 days of processing time

[-] MayonnaiseArch@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

Crap I see what I wrote, misfire. Meant 05/03

[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

Yup. I use ISO 8601 for any record keeping, but much like how I don't bother with good spelling and grammer it doesn't matter in comments on the internet

[-] idiomaddict@feddit.de 3 points 10 months ago

As an American immigrant in Germany, I encounter it somewhat regularly and it still doesn’t matter.

It was a bit of a problem when they thought I forged my covid vaccination card, because I got a shot on January tenth or something. I would then explain that I’m American and we do that. 80% of the time, they had no more questions, 20% of the time I’d show my drivers license birthday for proof (luckily I was born after the 12th).

The things that are actually problematic are the unknown tools used for my dental work (my implant screw is going to need to get a custom screwdriver made for it), and understanding temperature at an intuitive level. I understand the common weather numbers, but do I want coffee that’s 55 degrees or 70 degrees? No idea until I convert. Luckily, it’s the easiest conversion to do.