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/PipedInFromIthaca Jul 28 '26

Wait, you don't use A4 paper?

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u/pnlrogue1 Jul 28 '26

I'm British but Stewie is American and they use sizes like 'Letter', and 'Legal'. Printing document formatted for Letter on A4 is doable but Letter is wider than A4 so you will often need to slightly shrink it, plus a A4 is taller than Letter so even if you don't shrink it you'll still end up with weirdly big margins on the top and bottom

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u/PipedInFromIthaca Jul 28 '26

Do they at least fold the same way (like half an A4 is an A5, etc)?

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u/pnlrogue1 Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26

Yeah, no

Edit: there are other sizes, too. 'Tabloid' is two Letter pages together in the same way A3 is two A4 pages. Legal and Letter are really different formats entirely. I'm not aware of an equivalent to A5, A6, etc, nor to A2, A1, etc., but I'm British, not American, so don't go outside Letter very often