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[–] Bonehead@kbin.social 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

People don't get upset about saying the date in whatever format. They get upset when you write it in that format without specifying, so that you don't know if 07/04/1776 is July 4th or April 7th.

[–] namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love it when someone sends me a message like this:

Hey there! What are you doing on 4/5?

????

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

You'll just have to compromise.