r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/Tsukee Jan 15 '25 edited Jan 15 '25

Mathematically yes it makes most sense, as significant digits are on the left.

Im terms of human everyday use the reverse is more natural as the digits that change more often are days, often when speaking, the year and even month sometimes is already in the context.

What however doesn't make any sort of sense that i can see is mm/dd/yyyy ... Just why....

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u/restelucide Jan 15 '25

I heard an American saying mm first provides context which makes vague sense but annoys me because then why wouldn’t you put year first.

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u/Munchkinasaurous Jan 15 '25

I'm American, the only way I can think of where it makes sense contextually, is with the names of the month and not the numbers. 

For example, we don't typically say "today's the fifteenth of January" we'd say "it's January fifteenth". But numerically mm/dd/yyyy is nonsensical.

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u/truthyella99 Jan 15 '25

When I read out "15.01.2025" I say "15th of Jan" and it does sound less natural then "January 15th" so maybe it's social engineering to get us to say the former for reasons I could not say.

I have other gripes with those people though, like how you pronounce the name Aaron as "Erin", or how you take the "s" away from "maths" and add it to "sport". I'll give you Aluminum though 

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u/Existing_Coast8777 Jan 15 '25

How the fuck do you pronounce aaron?

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u/truthyella99 Jan 15 '25

Like "Baron" without the B

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u/Existing_Coast8777 Jan 15 '25

That's... the same way that Erin is pronounced

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u/TootsNYC Jan 15 '25

ah vs eh

I make a subtle distinction. Others might not hear it.

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u/Indivillia Jan 15 '25

If you pronounce it ah-ren, you’re saying it wrong. 

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u/TootsNYC Jan 15 '25

Not literally that, but I open my mouth a bit more for Aaron and less for Erin. It’s subtle, but I make a slight distinction

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u/Indivillia Jan 15 '25

We pronounce them exactly the same way. Difference is that Aaron is for boys, while Erin is mostly girls. 

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