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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

5/1/2025. I'll die on this hill.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Oh please. What's next? A twelve hour time system with am and pm? Measuring distances in thumbs and other body parts?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Worse: measuring temperatures based on what one guy felt was the coldest it could get in the winter and the hottest his fever would reach.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Don't be ridiculous, that's just insane.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

To be fair, "thumb" was only a unit in determinating what stick we could beat our wives with.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

I'll call the coroner.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Imagine a database, or even a folder with multiple years in it. "Payroll_05-01-2025". Now all your files are sorted by month. You would have to scroll through "Payroll_05-08-1988"... etc forever before you reach 2025. And when you do, all of 2025 isn't together. ISO 8601 solves these issues automatically. It's time to adapt to a better system...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Fifth January 2025?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

I'll see you in hell.

[–] monkeyman69 5 points 2 weeks ago

The 5th January 2025, correct.