Daily Zoughts - Nov 05 2023 (Sun)

I'm tired so I'll keep this short and talk about something random. Why do I title the posts "Nov 05" instead of 11/5 or 5/11? Because I think both those date formats are stupid. Sure, those formats are shorter than writing out the date, but in what scenario is there such limited space on the page that you have to resort to a format that short? I also hate that you can confuse those two date formats. If I wrote "11/5" you can't tell if that's November 5th or May 11th. What's the point of making it ambiguous to people? And saying "11/5" and expecting people on the internet to read it as November 5th comes off as "this is the obvious format and I don't respect and/or care about anyone who uses the other format." Meanwhile "Nov 05" is barely longer and has no ambiguity, which is why I use it.

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