Dula Peep Posted October 23 Posted October 23 1 minute ago, Cain said: Wait… wait what do they use?? It's usually 8.5x11 or 11x17
Sheep Posted October 23 Posted October 23 3 minutes ago, Cain said: Wait… wait what do they use?? We use thoughts and prayers 1
GentleEarthquake Posted October 23 Posted October 23 USA wants to be perceived as the main character of the world so this is not surprising
byzantium Posted October 23 Posted October 23 1 minute ago, Cain said: Wait… wait what do they use?? Width x length. But there are some standard paper sizes like Letter, A4, Legal, A3, A2 etc.
Vermouth Posted October 23 Posted October 23 (edited) 17 minutes ago, byzantium said: Because you should lead with the number that constrains your range the most. This is why YYYY/MM/DD is superior. Until you know the year the range is infinity. However in a world where the year is often assumed to be the current year, leading with month constrains the range to a 30/31 day period as opposed to day which constrains the range to an 11 month period. Why would it be the current year? If I'm booking a ticket right now it's likely to be next year ( but it might still be this year). Edited October 23 by Vermouth
PerfectCure Posted October 23 Posted October 23 10 minutes ago, byzantium said: See above. The smallest unit has no context until you learn the largest unit. So you should lead with the number that provides the greatest context. I understand how this could be more useful for things like database sorting, but in everyday use this seems like the most logical approach to me Who cares about the largest time unit if it doesn't change for at least 365 days?
Sheep Posted October 23 Posted October 23 1 minute ago, byzantium said: Width x length. But there are some standard paper sizes like Letter, A4, Legal, A3, A2 etc. Delete this and let them continue to be bewildered by the illiterate Americans and our crumbling empire of non-standardized paper sheets. It's more fun this way
byzantium Posted October 23 Posted October 23 1 minute ago, Vermouth said: Why would it be the current year? If I'm booking a ticket right now it's likely to be next year ( but it might still be this year). Go ahead and google the word "often" and get back to me with your findings. but even in your example the year can fairly be assumed. If you are booking a flight for June 17, it's extremely unlikely it's in a year of 2026 or later.
FOCK Posted October 23 Author Posted October 23 1 minute ago, byzantium said: Go ahead and google the word "often" and get back to me with your findings. but even in your example the year can fairly be assumed. If you are booking a flight for June 17, it's extremely unlikely it's in a year of 2026 or later. This same logic applies to month as well. Most people are aware what month they're in, what requires the most immediate/frequent clarity is the actual day.
Maleficent Posted October 23 Posted October 23 7 minutes ago, Sheep said: We use thoughts Looking at most Americans, I highly doubt this 5
Into The Void Posted October 23 Posted October 23 22 minutes ago, Daddy said: They love those weird ass numbers. Inches and feet take the cake tho. Next level stupid. Or temperature... nothing makes sense over there. Maybe but that's what we grew up learning
Sheep Posted October 23 Posted October 23 Just now, Maleficent said: Looking at most Americans, I highly doubt this You've seen most of the 345,992,498 Americans?
byzantium Posted October 23 Posted October 23 (edited) 9 minutes ago, FOCK said: This same logic applies to month as well. Most people are aware what month they're in, what requires the most immediate/frequent clarity is the actual day. And in those contexts it is generally perfectly fine to just provide the day. Why even bother providing a month and year if unnecessary? But it's a little silly to design a date system where you assume month and year are unnecessary in all contexts. Edited October 23 by byzantium
Cain Posted October 23 Posted October 23 18 minutes ago, byzantium said: But there are some standard paper sizes like Letter, A4, Legal, A3, A2 etc. 1
FOCK Posted October 23 Author Posted October 23 Tell me why this one American lady came all the way to an Australian shopping centre, to argue with my security guard ex that they've labelled all their levels wrong, because she couldn't fathom that level 1 was the level ABOVE the ground floor?!! 2
kellebrity98 Posted October 23 Posted October 23 36 minutes ago, Spicy Pisces said: i will share this in the "Americans Open the Schools" reddit thread
CottageHore Posted October 23 Posted October 23 Stop pretending yall give a **** about the dimensions of paper plz
glitch Posted October 23 Posted October 23 It was upsetting to me when I found out there's a difference between an Imperial teaspoon and a Metric teaspoon. Don't get me started on cups...buy some scales
Pheromosa Posted October 23 Posted October 23 using paper size to dunk on americans now? when will the suffering end?
Vermouth Posted October 23 Posted October 23 5 minutes ago, Pavement Princess said: Love an 8.5 x 11 💋🇺🇸 Yeah but a rod is 16.5 feet in imperial measures 😁
Vermouth Posted October 23 Posted October 23 5 minutes ago, CottageHore said: Stop pretending yall give a **** about the dimensions of paper plz It's a foolscap's errand 😂
byzantium Posted October 23 Posted October 23 7 minutes ago, FOCK said: Tell me why this one American lady came all the way to an Australian shopping centre, to argue with my security guard ex that they've labelled all their levels wrong, because she couldn't fathom that level 1 was the level ABOVE the ground floor?!! Pretty much the same energy as complaining about American paper sizes. I guess lack of self awareness is a global phenomenon.
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