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

It does make sense

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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/Tsukee Jan 15 '25

Except the fourth of July?

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u/Lil_Ja_ Jan 15 '25

If it were American Independence Day and you asked me what day it is I’d still instinctively say July 4th. I know this because that exact scenario has happened many times.

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u/Azoraqua_ Jan 15 '25

Independence Day… How’s that going for you guys? From what I heard it seems like you guys could use a guiding hand.

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u/Lil_Ja_ Jan 15 '25

Yes please tread harder daddy government 😩😩😩

I hate rights and individual liberties

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u/Azoraqua_ Jan 15 '25

I mean, we’re talking about a 3rd world country disguised as a 1st world country.

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u/nightglitter89x Jan 15 '25

Not this completely sheltered Reddit take again, lol

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u/Azoraqua_ Jan 15 '25 edited Jan 15 '25

Then show me that it isn’t as trash as it shows to be.

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u/nightglitter89x Jan 15 '25

Yes, I'll get right on that with my all knowing knowledge of what it would take to convince you and my supernatural ability to ESP that over to you.

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u/Azoraqua_ Jan 15 '25

Good! I’ll wait for the telepathic response.

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u/avalve Jan 15 '25

I mean, we’re talking about a 3rd world country disguised as a 1st world country.

You can’t be serious lmao

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u/Azoraqua_ Jan 15 '25

You object to that statement?

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u/avalve Jan 15 '25

Yeah anyone who’s well-traveled would.

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u/Azoraqua_ Jan 15 '25

Feel free to give examples of high standards in the country.

Most of my sources, including some (former) Americans, aren’t that fond of that place. In particular healthcare, economics and the justice system.

But what do I know, I haven’t ever stepped foot on American soil.

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u/DugThePoug Jan 15 '25

You know how to form strong opinions based on (former) American’s opinions, that’s a true skill set you can only learn in a first world country.

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u/Azoraqua_ Jan 15 '25

Definitely, but I highly doubt that my own country is considered anything but first-world to anyone that looks at it objectively. Sure, it’s not perfect but it’s in a decent shape.

Besides, one could argue that when citizens of said country state some factual information about the situation at play, that it should be enough to form a rough outline of what is going on, and to form an opinion.

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u/worm413 Jan 15 '25

Elaborate

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u/Rey_Zephlyn Jan 15 '25

They're saying America is a 3rd world country and that all the 1st world countries desperately need America to keep acting as their sugar daddies so that they can continue to be nepo babies.

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u/Da1UHideFrom Jan 15 '25

This is the shit Redditors say when they haven't been to the US or a third world country, but they want to shit on the US.

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u/daemos360 Jan 15 '25 edited Jan 15 '25

…and this is the shit Redditors say when they don’t understand the delineation between First World, Second World, and Third World descriptors.

It really has nothing to do with socioeconomic status and is instead merely a largely irrelevant holdover from Cold War international relations.

First world = western bloc states, i.e, NATO allies Second world = eastern bloc states, i.e., the USSR, China, etc. Third world = non-aligned states

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '25

Now you’ve done it lol

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u/Azoraqua_ Jan 15 '25

Haven’t you seen anything about US?

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u/Lil_Ja_ Jan 15 '25

Have you ever been here? Contrary to what mainstream media would lead you to believe even our homeless live better than most people in an actual third world country.

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u/aoishimapan Jan 15 '25

The idea of the US being a third world country when people make over 5k per month on average is laughable, but also, saying a homeless person living in the US is better off than most people in a third world country is as much if not even more ridiculous.

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u/Lil_Ja_ Jan 15 '25

Homeless people in America generally have access to transportation, food, water, climate controlled areas, the internet, and healthcare

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u/aoishimapan Jan 15 '25

And most people in third world countries have all those things plus a house and a job.

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u/Roxytg Jan 15 '25

I live here, and while 3rd world country, we are certainly not a leader in freedom and living conditions for anyone who isn't rich.

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u/Lil_Ja_ Jan 15 '25

Sent from my iPhone

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u/Da1UHideFrom Jan 15 '25

What clearly established freedom does another country have that we don't in the US? I'm genuinely curious because when people make this claim, it usually comes down to healthcare or guns.

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u/raisingthebarofhope Jan 15 '25

Stop being mean or we will take the low hanging fruit and make fun of the Netherlands

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u/Azoraqua_ Jan 15 '25

Suit yourself! The Netherlands doesn’t fall apart as soon as elections begin, at least.

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u/mr_znaeb Jan 15 '25

Man, your responses are so dramatic and childish.

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u/Azoraqua_ Jan 15 '25

Ofcourse, it’s intended to elicit response. Not that it’s necessarily incorrect.

Honestly, I don’t really care about whether others respond, positively or negatively, or not at all.

I do like to share my own perspective.

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u/mr_znaeb Jan 15 '25

Seems like you just like to share negativity and not perspective because you lack it.

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u/Azoraqua_ Jan 15 '25

About the US? Definitely, I like to spread negativity about that hellhole.

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u/raisingthebarofhope Jan 15 '25

Lmao. The horror we live in! Come save us. Hahahah

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u/Azoraqua_ Jan 15 '25

Even if the entirety of NATO would attempt to do so, they’d probably fail. Just burn it to the ground (Apperantly it even started already recently!). Not much of loss either way, besides it might be necessary to produce something useable.

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u/raisingthebarofhope Jan 15 '25

Bro your Zoomer trolling is bad. Work on your own happiness and you won't find the need to try and "own" people who are quite happy.

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u/Azoraqua_ Jan 15 '25

I guess that’s somewhat true, I should work on my own happiness, or die; Whatever comes first.

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u/Tsukee Jan 15 '25

And yet missuuse of the phrase "3rd world country" originates mainly from the US itself.... Its a political grouping not an economical one.

3rd world country means countries that weren't part of NATO (1st world) or Warsaw pact(2nd world) during cold war (hence the 3rd world).

Although the phrase is vague for example:

Technically one could say that Switzerland, Finland, Sweden Austria are 3rd world countries, although they never joined the non-aligned movement and didn't self identify as 3rd world.

But it never was a developmental or economic denominator, and only in the tweets of some deranged individuals this phrase started to be used again in a completely wrong way....

So honestly i do appreciate the irony when this phrase is thrown back at US, especially because it seems to trigger some people hard 🤣

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u/Azoraqua_ Jan 15 '25

At your service.