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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (16 children)

Which drives me nuts! The month doesn't change for 4 whole weeks! Why is it first? I want the info that contains the most variation displayed first so my eyes don't have to glaze past useless info every time.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Year/month/day is superior when reading full dates, because it's the least ambiguous. If I only need day and month, I'd rather use month's full or shortened name (like 27 Sep). Ambiguity is the real enemy here, not any particular order

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

True, thats how my laptop displays the date. It never even mentions the month because I see that enough on other sources. I guess I just hate how month first is the default where I live more than anything. It perfectly sums up the subpar optimacy of the USA. Shit could be better, but its just not.

[–] FlowVoid@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

¿And don't you hate how US punctuation is at the end? ¿If you read an entire sentence, but you don't even know it is a question until you're at the end, then how do you know which intonation to use? ¡English is subpar and something should be done about that!

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't even get me started on the three languages in a trench coat we call English.

[–] FlowVoid@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

¡At least two of those languages have the same problem!

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