• masterspace@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    What I take issue with is people acting like the US format is some kind of bizarro nonsense

    It objectively is, and Ive explained why numerous times.

    If you don’t have an argument beyond ‘it makes sense cause we’re used to it’, then you don’t have an argument about why one is better than the other, you have a weakass dodge the conversation feelgoodism. It is the textbook definition of a subjective criteria.

    Learn how to be fucking wrong gracefully. Jesus Christ.

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      1 year ago

      You haven’t explained what is objectively wrong other than you don’t like it. My argument is more than just being used to it, closely matching verbal convention is useful.

      Also, it’s funny that you think I’m arguing either is objectively better than the other.

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        My argument is more than just being used to it, closely matching verbal convention is useful.

        No, it’s not, because even in the states you say it like three different ways and the English language is constantly changing and inherently has no rules on what order you need to say them in. The choice of which way to express the 1st of January in the English language is purely a subjective one.

        And I have explained what is objectively wrong with it, it’s out of order from a numerical time length standpoint.

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          1 year ago

          How is a lack of magnitude order objectively wrong? A date format is ultimately a language feature, and the US format successfully transmits the needed info just fine within its natural context.

          It may seem objective from your perspective, but language is used in many more contexts than those you are familiar with.

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      You don’t know what objectively means because you’re entirely up to your neck in bias. You care way too much about this thing that does not matter to remotely have an objective view here. It doesn’t matter if you think you’re being objective, this is clearly some sort of obsession for you.