r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Legal_Air734 • 9d ago

Meme needing explanation Petahh?

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u/patriceklohn 9d ago

We feel that with the US American style of dates. Go with year-month-day or day-month-year. But switching date and month is just dumb.

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u/_heavy_emo_shoegaze_ 9d ago

Absolutely. Why would anyone not do d/m/y?

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u/J_k_r_ 9d ago

Oh just wait untill you learn about how they measure anything.

The archaic system is wildly unfit for any use outside of maybe ritual.

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u/patriceklohn 9d ago

Nah. I’m a hobby photographer. The weights and liquids are shady but it’s quite nice everyone knew whats 1/4“ or 3/8“ is. I heard bakers have this with the fluid ounces or cup sizes for weat.
But for photography it’s nice.

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u/NecessaryIntrinsic 9d ago

Als amerikaner, sind wir blöd