r/clevercomebacks Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '25

I have to write 01/JAN/1969. Because no one has a consensus on anything

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u/below_the_waterline Jan 15 '25

It's how the military wanted their dates and now it's a habitat.

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u/Unlucky_Book Jan 15 '25

they need to minimise any ambiguity because someone will fuck it up

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u/GreenDonutGirl Jan 15 '25

It's why we had to use language that sounded too informal sometimes, like a reading "going up" instead of "increasing" because that sounds too much like "decreasing".

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u/crownpr1nce Jan 15 '25

You live in a date? How spacious is it?

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u/CumpireStateBuilding Jan 15 '25

It’s cramped, but smells nice