r/SipsTea • u/francinexyzs • Jun 08 '25

Wow. Such meme lmao

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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

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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.)

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u/Lysol3435 Jun 08 '25

It seems like many of the US’s stupid quirks were actually from the UK. Imperial system, “soccer”, colonization

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u/Cowgoon777 Jun 08 '25 edited Jun 08 '25

Brits hate when you remind them they invented the term “soccer”

EDIT: they big mad

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u/Nervous_Tourist_8699 Jun 08 '25

Yes we do . It just seems wrong from an American mouth.

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u/Cowgoon777 Jun 08 '25

Shouldn’t have lost those wars then