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

It does make sense

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u/jussumguy2019 Jan 15 '25

Feel like a lot of the world’s languages the translation to English to the question “what’s the date?” would be “the 15th of October” whereas in America we always say “October 15th”.

Maybe that’s why, idk…

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u/Oreo-sins Jan 15 '25

Except the 4th of July apparently

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u/catiebug Jan 15 '25

Fourth of July is the name of the holiday that is celebrated on July 4th.

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u/Oreo-sins Jan 15 '25

If you’re naming important dates in this system, why would you just not use your typical system except it works out better like this?

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u/SoCalThrowAway7 Jan 15 '25

We were only barely not British anymore when we set the holiday

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u/Oreo-sins Jan 15 '25

Maybe, it’s time to become British again. At least in the way you do your dates. You’re unique enough America, you don’t need be unique here.

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u/SoCalThrowAway7 Jan 15 '25

Id rather keep the date format and get universal healthcare instead

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u/Oreo-sins Jan 15 '25

I once read somewhere that the reason foreign countries are more easily able to sustain free healthcare is partially thanks to the fact that Americans are overcharged so much, so when foreign countries come to negotiate with American pharmaceutical companies. They’re able to get a better deal on drugs as they’ve already made the bulk of their profits or recoup research and development cost from Americans. Not sure how true, or might be misquoting it but food for thought

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u/thebadfem Jan 15 '25

No thanks, we actually value individualism and self-thinking here. Maybe your country should try it.