Why do Americans do the date differently?
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The United States is a relatively new country. There are probably park benches in Europe older then the U.S. If you are making a new country that is suppose to be "different" then the established order, of course you are not going to use generally accepted methods of measurement.
This is unrelated to the topic but I'll say it nonetheless.
I notice an unnecessary amount of Anti-American opinions here. I have to ask; why?
Political issues? If you assume that one country's government is worse than another you mislead yourself, you can criticize America for the war in the Middle East, but I could equally put Britain at fault for it's unfair treatment of India, or even look to Russia's infamous purges.
Our people? Different cultures have different clothes and food, but human nature doesn't change once you cross the border. All men and women of every country have lust, anger, hate and jealousy. It doesn't matter whether you live for Queen and Country or the Red, White and Blue.
I notice an unnecessary amount of Anti-American opinions here. I have to ask; why?
Political issues? If you assume that one country's government is worse than another you mislead yourself, you can criticize America for the war in the Middle East, but I could equally put Britain at fault for it's unfair treatment of India, or even look to Russia's infamous purges.
Our people? Different cultures have different clothes and food, but human nature doesn't change once you cross the border. All men and women of every country have lust, anger, hate and jealousy. It doesn't matter whether you live for Queen and Country or the Red, White and Blue.
I think its a matter of size, with the smallest number of possible integers going first. You have 12 possible months, up to 31 possible days, and 9999 as far as years are concerned.
Because they realized how much it bothered us that they kept clinging to their feet and inches, so they decided to come up with a new way of writing dates.
In the dictatorship of Jonluwonia, we shall write the date "month\[sup]week[/sup]/[sub]year[/sub]\day" just to confuse people
In the dictatorship of Jonluwonia, we shall write the date "month\[sup]week[/sup]/[sub]year[/sub]\day" just to confuse people
I will.Freechoice said:
OT: I'm really pissed with this turning into a "My country is better than yours" argument.
I know dude, I mean it's so obvious my country is better than yours, just give it up.The Rookie Gamer said:
Also, to people who seem to meet America and its citizens, you just have to search in the right places and you'll find some stuff we do differently that's actually smart, such as... well I can't think of anything right now, but I'm sure there's something.
First off, it seems like a lot of people are bashing America because it doesn't conform to the rest of the world. To that, we essentially say "Fuck off", and there's nothing wrong with that. There are many differences that we don't care about. If you come here, use our date system. Don't be whiny about it. When I visit, say, England, I'll use your date system. I have no problem with that. It's rude and narrow minded to try to interject your ways on another country (I get it, "the irony of that statement"). However, just look at this thread and realize that everyone's guilty of it.
Secondly, like someone mentioned, this was started purely for a better filing system. It's a lot easier to track down something when you search for it in monthly blocks. This just caught on to your everyday person. Really not that hard or mysterious. It has nothing to do with "being different" or flipping England the bird. It was just way more practical.
Thirdly, it's shameful how many apologetic Americans there are here. Don't you dare apologize on behalf of me or others. Unless you act like how you paint a stereotypical American, no need to be apologetic. America has problems, but the rest of the world has a shit ton as well. Because they are different, doesn't make them smaller or worse.
Secondly, like someone mentioned, this was started purely for a better filing system. It's a lot easier to track down something when you search for it in monthly blocks. This just caught on to your everyday person. Really not that hard or mysterious. It has nothing to do with "being different" or flipping England the bird. It was just way more practical.
Thirdly, it's shameful how many apologetic Americans there are here. Don't you dare apologize on behalf of me or others. Unless you act like how you paint a stereotypical American, no need to be apologetic. America has problems, but the rest of the world has a shit ton as well. Because they are different, doesn't make them smaller or worse.
xD *have a cookie*Triscut900 said:
The amount of times ive been on an american site or whatever and thought for a moment 'how the fuck can there be 16 months? Ahhh, nowww i remember.' Not many times, actually. Its more annoying when the day is the 1st-12th so then you read it as d/m/y and because the day is the thing you automatically look for u end up having the wrong date. Grr.
This is EXACTLY why we do it.Crolley said:
In time gone by, and to a good extent you can thank the Military, but it was just more convenient (and helped avoid confusion) to write things as they were said or dictated.
Thus, if I tell you to take down a letter for me, I'll say "February 14th, 2010" or "Tuesday, February 14th, 2010"
Consider it the same way as the word "ain't"
Ain't isn't really a word, or rather, it WASN'T, but popular usage for ease of speech made it a common phrase.
Succes. (idontcarethat'showispellsuccescosnowitsapalindrome^^)Triscut900 said:
And yeah, Americans just thought "HURR DURR MONTHS ARE LOWER NUMBER SUMTIMES LESH BUT IT IS FRONT?"
So... 1995/3/1/3/1995? For the first of March, 1995.CyberAkuma said:
But everyone I know says "first of january" here.MagicMouse said:
I'm confuz now
I have actually, I spent a couple of weeks in NYC. I just find it ironic that in trying to beat the dead horse that is the British stereotype (and if I am honest, it is only the Americans that continue to beat that poor horse), you became the embodiment of the ignorant American stereotype.mr_rubino said:
Ah what a coincidence. I see you on a message board whining about American dating systems. I think you might have your top hat on too tight, because it seems dripping irony is yet another thing Englanders like to claim as their own that another civilization created. (And you succeed, I'll admit.)Lethos said:
Sorry, man. I'm not going to bow down and apologize for my birthplace just because you wounded lions still think we somehow care enough to defy you because your ancestors had a tenuous hold on us a century or two ago. It just feeds the unhealthy complex you guys seem to have. I have no problem with you guys being a shell of an empire with your claws clutching for dear life at the closest island you have left, but I think it's about time your bunch dropped the 'tude and joined the rest of the world.
Okey.....Next step is for you to find where I insulted your dating system, where I said that irony is something only English people are allowed to do, where I said I care whether or not the USA is a British colony, where I said I think Britain has an empire and where I said we engaged in some sort of ancestor worship.mr_rubino said:
I mean geez man, even the OP stated he was only curious. Granted, there was a couple of posters who displayed some anti-American attitudes, but do you really think that they represent an entire country? Just because you have demonstrated yourself to be ignorant does not mean I think all Americans are ignorant.