this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2023
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Once again Europeans assume the rest of the world is identical because Americans are the only ones bothering to correct them.
Quick! Name all the countries that use mm/dd/yyyy!
I didn't even mention date formats. It's only 10/10 using the Gregorian calendar. There's still the Islamic, Indian, Chinese Hebrew, and other calendars in use around the world.
Sure buddy
Not only Europeans, or Americans, or Christians. Most countries use the Gregorian Calendar either solely or additionally to a national calendar.
TIL Christian is a demonym...
Name one country thats not in America that uses mm/dd/yyyy.
To "correct" them
Americans? You mean usians surely
Practically no one in the USA would have any idea what such a word would be representing.
There are other words. Statesians, seppos, yanks, ... There is a full list of other names here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonyms_for_the_United_States
It’s called American Exceptionalism 🇺🇸🫡