Because they're teenagers. In the real world nobody actually gives a fuck. Call me weird, but the different formats have never caused me a single instant of confusion in my entire life.

[–] FooBarrington 10 points 10 months ago

As a developer, this has been an annoying and oftentimes confusing source of additional work for me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Yup. I use ISO 8601 for any record keeping, but much like how I don't bother with good spelling and grammer it doesn't matter in comments on the internet

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

As an American immigrant in Germany, I encounter it somewhat regularly and it still doesn’t matter.

It was a bit of a problem when they thought I forged my covid vaccination card, because I got a shot on January tenth or something. I would then explain that I’m American and we do that. 80% of the time, they had no more questions, 20% of the time I’d show my drivers license birthday for proof (luckily I was born after the 12th).

The things that are actually problematic are the unknown tools used for my dental work (my implant screw is going to need to get a custom screwdriver made for it), and understanding temperature at an intuitive level. I understand the common weather numbers, but do I want coffee that’s 55 degrees or 70 degrees? No idea until I convert. Luckily, it’s the easiest conversion to do.

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

Not once on my life have i known what temperature my coffee is or should be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

That’s fair. I work at a bakery and make a lot of coffee in Celsius