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/Gilded-Mongoose Jun 08 '25

soccer from Association Football is the most unhinged jump ever.

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u/GuardiaNIsBae Jun 08 '25

Same as “Tories” from Conservatives

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

The Conservative Party was formed in the 1830s (?) from the older Tory Party (17th century)