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[–] [email protected] 92 points 2 months ago (2 children)

January second for the Yanks.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (4 children)

What, Medium/Small/Large order seems off to you??

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You're assuming that I'm not a Yank? Let me tell you, I can Yank with the best of them, and I do!

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

I usually do mine solitarily.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like you're walking a metaphorical minefield

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

Occasionally, he does mine with others.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Look bud, you can't call it "February second" in conversation, write it down as "Second February" in writing, and then get mad at us Yanks about it. Pick a lane.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

No, you misunderstand. I'm in America. But ISO 8601 standard 4 Life!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh, so THAT'S why they brought Excel into this! I didn't make the connection and just thought Excel would even consider a glass of water a date.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A human artist might have said "1/2 full" instead of "half full" but LLMs don't understand jokes so there's no hope they'll be able to make the joke easier

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

Oh my god.

Jesus christ.

I was thinking, "nah, that seems nitpicky, I'm sure a real person could write either." But that is the entire setup for the punchline. I'm gonna rip my hair out.