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Re:Show HN: Every Day Is Pi Day by atonse on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @12:39PM (#13869039)
It's always fashionable to make fun of the US doing things its own way, when that's just seldom true.

You're mostly right that nobody else uses MMDDYYYY (although many countries use it as a secondary format). But it's not like there's a consistent format that _everyone else_ uses.

There are 2-3 different formats spread around the world, with no real consistency in why some pick a particular format.

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Re:Show HN: Every Day Is Pi Day by tossaway1 on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @11:58AM (#13868616)
> 'I' use? I think you'll find everyone uses a different format than the US.

The plural of "you" in English is"you"...

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Re:Show HN: Every Day Is Pi Day by ska on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @01:13PM (#13869419) 

   Everyone already knows this.
That's funny, because we have not proven it to be true.
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Re:Show HN: Every Day Is Pi Day by lutusp on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @02:24PM (#13870087)
It's also an argumentum ad populum.
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Re:Show HN: Every Day Is Pi Day by justusthane on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @11:23AM (#13868218)
everyone uses a different format than the US.

'Everyone uses'? What about all the people in the U.S.?

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