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What have you heard people say that screams "I have lived my life in a Westernised bubble and have no idea how the world is" ? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] thatonecoder@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

The worst?? Try mm/yy/dd, and you'll regret everything in your life. Another “great” one is yyyy-dd-mm; it'll infuriate anyone using the ISO standard.

[–] PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz 25 points 1 week ago

Okay now that IS the worst, good point

[–] prettygorgeous@aussie.zone 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Omg who uses that?

[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 week ago

No one who survived the attempt to require others to use it.

[–] thatonecoder@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Me, for a future April Fools release in one of my projects.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

What fresh evil is this?

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

MM/YY/DDD (Ordinal date)