▲ 1075 ▼ America (lemmy.ml) submitted 4 months ago by InterestingUsername@lemmy.ml to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 197 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago* (3 children) My wife is from Colombia and not used to the 24 hour system. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) Technically she’s still American. Just South American. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) i just got in an argument with all of lemmy not half an hour ago in my head and earlier than that in reality that no one else gets to claim american because i don't know. i was on your side on this argument. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Maybe because of the caveat “technically” giving readers easy distinction between geographic American and the American nation? Or maybe just the bad luck of hitting the hivemind wrong. permalink fedilink source parent [–] hansolo@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago Either using both or mostly issuing 24h is a thing in the Eastern hemisphere, so Europe, Africa, and Asia. It's not universally applied, but there's lots of places that use it on things like telling you when a TV show will be on, for example. Par example permalink fedilink source parent [–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Does she refer to it as “hora militar” though? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago No. She just says "in French" for the 24 hour system, and "in Spanish" for the 12 hour system, since that's where she noticed the difference in our context. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) Technically she’s still American. Just South American. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) i just got in an argument with all of lemmy not half an hour ago in my head and earlier than that in reality that no one else gets to claim american because i don't know. i was on your side on this argument. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Maybe because of the caveat “technically” giving readers easy distinction between geographic American and the American nation? Or maybe just the bad luck of hitting the hivemind wrong. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) i just got in an argument with all of lemmy not half an hour ago in my head and earlier than that in reality that no one else gets to claim american because i don't know. i was on your side on this argument. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Maybe because of the caveat “technically” giving readers easy distinction between geographic American and the American nation? Or maybe just the bad luck of hitting the hivemind wrong. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Maybe because of the caveat “technically” giving readers easy distinction between geographic American and the American nation? Or maybe just the bad luck of hitting the hivemind wrong. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 1 point 4 months ago Either using both or mostly issuing 24h is a thing in the Eastern hemisphere, so Europe, Africa, and Asia. It's not universally applied, but there's lots of places that use it on things like telling you when a TV show will be on, for example. Par example permalink fedilink source parent
[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Does she refer to it as “hora militar” though? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago No. She just says "in French" for the 24 hour system, and "in Spanish" for the 12 hour system, since that's where she noticed the difference in our context. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago No. She just says "in French" for the 24 hour system, and "in Spanish" for the 12 hour system, since that's where she noticed the difference in our context. permalink fedilink source parent
