Comic #7267: date-2
Description
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Panel 1:
- Character 1 (left): A person with curly hair, looking frustrated, holds a smartphone. They say, "God, I hate how Americans write down dates."
- Character 2 (right): A person with straight hair wearing glasses responds, "Exactly!"
Panel 2:
- Character 1: Continues, "Right? Month before day? Bah! You want to go from the most to least specific time interval!"
- Character 2: Nods in agreement.
Panel 3:
- Character 1: Looks interested as they explain a new notation, "That’s why I prefer D2D1/M1Y4Y3/Y2Y1 notation."
- Character 3 (off-panel): A person with short brown hair proclaims, "What?"
Panel 4:
- Character 1: Explains further, "Second digit of the day, first digit of the day, second digit of the month, first digit of the month, fourth digit of the year, and so on."
- Character 2: Interrupts, "By the way, it’s 10/10/52/02."
- Character 3: Responds with alarm, "Stop, no—Happy New Year!"
General Notes:
- The comic humorously critiques how dates are formatted differently in various cultures while also presenting a fictional notation system. The expressions of the characters vary from frustration to incredulity.
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