* meters
* kg
* lean celsius but don't care too much either way
* abolish seasonal time changes
* for online calls/events specify time in UTC
* YYYY-MM-DD date format
* ground floor is 0th; don't skip 4 and 13
* don't put sugar in cold tea

Simple rules for a civilized society.

Anyone who uses MM-DD-YYYY should be arrested fr fr

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It probably sticks because it matches natural-language usage: "I was born on January 31, 1994"

East Asian languages are better at this: in Chinese you would say 我是1994年1月31日出生的

(So the "MM-DD-YY is a better fit for humans" thing is false, East Asia works fine with YYYY-MM-DD even in natural language)

MM-DD makes the most sense for short timelines where you can assume the year. Starting with the most significant unit down to least significant, like saying it's 11:35. Then, on the occasion a year is needed, it's tacked to the end as an oversight. That's where MM-DD-YYYY comes from.

DD-MM-YYYY is an abomination 😁

I think its just societal conditioning dased on where you’re from or what you’re used to. I always mix the month with day whenever its MM DD. If I see 08-01 I automatically assume its 8th January.