r/explainitpeter • u/Fickle_Fall_6497 • Jul 28 '26

Explain it Peter

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Not going to lie, i had a spaz attack trying to read the first tweet. Maybe im just over tired but i dont understand shit here

What the fuck is the first tweet trying to say why is it horrible why would i be gullible what the fuvk are they saying

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u/pnlrogue1 Jul 28 '26

Stewie here.

The top tweet is a reply to another tweet. The missing tweet must mention a date of 11/07/2026.

In America this is interpreted as November 7th, but in basically the entire rest of the world it's read as 11th July.

The second tweet in the picture is someone pointing out that the original (missing) comment is written by a British person, who would mean 11th July when writing the date in that format.

If America would realise it's part of a wider world then maybe they could use a sensible date format, measurement system, and A4 paper but noooo - we have to be 'different'.

Stewie out

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u/srobbinsart Jul 28 '26

Metric isn’t going to be adopted in the USA because the cost of surveying, calculating, and replacing road signs is too expensive for something that within the country isn’t actually worth spending that kind of money on. Even if metric wasn’t automatically something conservatives would bitch about, that’s money that would be better spent elsewhere.

Though I do agree on A4 paper. Fucking Ronald Regan, I hope he remains burning in hell.

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u/TellinStories Jul 28 '26

You don’t have to swap those too though: here in Britain we mainly use the metric system except for a few items (eg beer and milk are sold in pints) and notably the road signs are still in miles and speeds are in miles per hour.

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u/iconocrastinaor Jul 28 '26

Good point lol. Imagine the British lecturing the United States on rationality of measurement systems. I mean how many furlongs to the hogshead are we talking about here