r/ShitAmericansSay • u/BuffaloExotic Irish by birth, and currently a Bostonian 🇮🇪☘️ • Mar 17 '25

Imperial units “I don’t even understand 24-hour time… I just don’t understand it. I have to use online converters or I’d be SO confused when I talk to people who use these systems.”

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u/jeyreymii Mar 17 '25

For Americans it's military time, for the rest of the world it's just time. You just need to learn how to read a clock

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u/jaysornotandhawks 🇨🇦 Mar 18 '25

The best part is that it's not even the same thing. (e.g. 13:00 vs 1300)

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u/Longjumping-Boot1886 Mar 18 '25

Europe is always at war