ITT: Things that confuse and enrage Americans

ITT: Things that confuse and enrage Americans.

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>Fetishize the military
>Don't like military time

It's always confused me as well, OP.

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ITT dates that confuse and engrage britbongs

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Billion equals 1 000 000 000 000.
1 000 000 000 is milliard.

Jaywalking is doing it in traffic and forcing people to slam on the breaks

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THIS THIS THIS THIS

FINALLY SOMEONE SAYS IT

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US EU
million million
billion milliard
trillion billion
kvadrillion billiard
kvintillion trillion
sekstillion trilliard

We should change this to the US short scale if the US goes metric of course.

This confuses and enrages me too.

I saw these at a gas station the other day

*Quadrillion
*Quintillion
*Sextillion

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Can confirm, 24 hour clocks annoy me to no end.

When will America fold?

pm am annoys me to no end.

pm = past midday
am = after midday
kek, same thing

12AM

Our stupidity is essentially boundless. You'd see US customary measurements crop up alongside Creationism in schools if we did change. We'd need to be successfully invaded by Canada to make it even be considered

You've got it backwards.
'Ante Meridian' - Before Noon.
'Post Meridian' - After Noon.

This so much, it fucks me up everytime. Why are americans doing this?

I was in an academy for the health sciences in my high school years, and every student there was taught the 24-hour clock. It's really not hard at all to learn, it's just unnecessary.

I don't understand why one would consider bagged liquids superior in any capacity.

I'll give you that one.