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Japan is on its own wavelength. (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 47 points 10 months ago (11 children)

This meme implies there's an equal battle between MM/DD/YY and DD/MM/YY, which is nonsense. Much like imperial units, only 'murica uses MM/DD/YY.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But 'murica is big.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Only slightly bigger than Australia and Western Australia is nearly twice the size of Texas..

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

When talking about cultural mindshare I'd argue that the quantity of people matters more than the space they've been packed into

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Mercator would like a word.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Mercator can say whatever it wants, it's not involved in this discussion.

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