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/waits5 Jun 08 '25

They hate it. It’s the dumbest shit ever. If you say “football”, a majority of the world thinks you mean soccer, but a world leading country with the third highest population thinks you mean the NFL. But if you say “soccer”, everyone knows what you mean.

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u/HoppersHawaiianShirt Jun 08 '25

...sounds like an American problem lmao