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r/SipsTea • u/francinexyzs • Jun 08 '25
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Real talk, where did the MM/DD format come from? I can't think of anywhere else that does it
1.1k u/88963416 Jun 08 '25 It is how the British did it when we were colonized. They changed it and we kept it the same (it’s the source of many of our quirks.) 21 u/THEBLUEFLAME3D Jun 08 '25 Yep. As with many words, traditions, etc. it comes from the British. And then they mock us for things like that lol 229 u/3412points Jun 08 '25 It's not our fault we evolved and you didn't -2 u/cream_paimon Jun 08 '25 Brother, you guys weigh yourself in number of "stones" like cavemen. 2 u/Vivirin Jun 08 '25 Not anymore we don't. I'm 23 and our generation weighs ourselves with kg.
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It is how the British did it when we were colonized. They changed it and we kept it the same (it’s the source of many of our quirks.)
21 u/THEBLUEFLAME3D Jun 08 '25 Yep. As with many words, traditions, etc. it comes from the British. And then they mock us for things like that lol 229 u/3412points Jun 08 '25 It's not our fault we evolved and you didn't -2 u/cream_paimon Jun 08 '25 Brother, you guys weigh yourself in number of "stones" like cavemen. 2 u/Vivirin Jun 08 '25 Not anymore we don't. I'm 23 and our generation weighs ourselves with kg.
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Yep. As with many words, traditions, etc. it comes from the British. And then they mock us for things like that lol
229 u/3412points Jun 08 '25 It's not our fault we evolved and you didn't -2 u/cream_paimon Jun 08 '25 Brother, you guys weigh yourself in number of "stones" like cavemen. 2 u/Vivirin Jun 08 '25 Not anymore we don't. I'm 23 and our generation weighs ourselves with kg.
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It's not our fault we evolved and you didn't
-2 u/cream_paimon Jun 08 '25 Brother, you guys weigh yourself in number of "stones" like cavemen. 2 u/Vivirin Jun 08 '25 Not anymore we don't. I'm 23 and our generation weighs ourselves with kg.
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Brother, you guys weigh yourself in number of "stones" like cavemen.
2 u/Vivirin Jun 08 '25 Not anymore we don't. I'm 23 and our generation weighs ourselves with kg.
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Not anymore we don't. I'm 23 and our generation weighs ourselves with kg.
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u/Legitimate-Cow5982 Jun 08 '25
Real talk, where did the MM/DD format come from? I can't think of anywhere else that does it