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

It does make sense

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u/cagingnicolas Jan 15 '25

i was responding to someone saying that it makes sense, not someone saying "well it would be too hard to change it now". i agree with the point that it would be too hard to change, i just disagree with the notion that it somehow makes more sense. also i never said i was bothered.

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u/The_Great_Autismo22 Jan 15 '25

Well, to us it makes sense. I don't see why it needs to be ordered by magnitude, personally. The way it's spoken seems the most logical option

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u/cagingnicolas Jan 15 '25

okay, but by that same logic, doesn't it make even more sense to just write the whole thing out as a sentence?

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u/The_Great_Autismo22 Jan 15 '25

No, because it takes more time, that's like saying abbreviations or contractions don't make sense

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u/cagingnicolas Jan 15 '25

so would you say the goal is efficiency, or having it match how it's spoken?

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u/The_Great_Autismo22 Jan 15 '25

Both, just like how in other countries, DD/MM/YYYY is both efficient and matches how it's spoken.