ThePackManNov 28, 2022
Moanos
Optimist: The glass is ½ full.
Pessimist: The glass is ½ empty.
Excel: The glass is January 2nd.
May 8, 2022 at 3:29pmWeb
Show threadJan KrögerMay 8, 2022
@moanos
Best example for the dysfunctionality of excel: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/6/21355674/human-genes-rename-microsoft-excel-misreading-dates
Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates

Scientists have renamed 27 human genes to stop Microsoft Excel misreading them as dates. The changes have been underway for the past year but have been formally announced as new guidelines published by the HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee. Scientist are overjoyed but annoyed Microsoft didn’t make the changes itself.

The Verge
Show threadhacknorrisMay 8, 2022
@ankrjoe they should use libreoffice lmaoooo
Show threadPetri SalmelaNov 25, 2022
@hacknorris @ankrjoe
Opening csv files with LibreOffice is so much simpler than with Excel.
Show threadBadriMay 9, 2022

@ankrjoe @moanos oh yes, I heard of this once before too! That's...a very weird problem to run into.

I'm considering using this fact as inspo for a future article 🤔

Show threadDaniel Cassidy 🦌May 9, 2022
@ankrjoe @moanos It annoys me a bit that scientists apparently don't know how to quote their strings, to be honest.
Show thread[htv04@idk ~]$ Nov 23, 2022
@ankrjoe we shall all adapt to microsoft excel
Show threadJan KrögerNov 23, 2022
@HTV04 I just can't avoid to click in the top right corner---even in this picture. 🤭
Show threadPoeticLicenseDKNov 23, 2022
@ankrjoe @moanos Simple workaround.
Show threadFrida GameroNov 26, 2022
@ankrjoe @moanos Swedes: It's the first of February.
Show threadloganMay 8, 2022
@moanos

Scientist: we can't be certain if the glass actually exists or not but if it does than it's mostly made up of nothing due to the space between molecules.
Show threadMoved to @[email protected]May 8, 2022
@moanos of 1900
Show threadbazbt3 🦣May 8, 2022
@moanos Or February 1st here in the UK. Yeah, I too now need a drink!
Show threadShane (she/her)May 8, 2022
@moanos 😂
Show threadNeilMay 9, 2022
@moanos I live at flat 1/1. I often get letters addressed to "1-Jan" :)
Show threadFelipe May 9, 2022
@moanos or February 1st
Show thread全角二喜可以梦到半角一吉吗May 9, 2022
@moanos chemist: the glass is always full of molecules (
Show threadCy. D. FectMay 9, 2022
@moanos #xkcd
https://what-if.xkcd.com/6/
Glass Half Empty

Show threadJulian PapulianMay 9, 2022
@moanos
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grandparents: be grateful to have a glass, when I was younger we didn't...
Show threadGNU/overfloMay 9, 2022
@moanos the zen-buddhist: the glass is
Show threadellambozMay 10, 2022
@moanos Excel w/italian locale: The glass is 1 Febbraio.
Show thread$: Iam_jfnklstrmMay 10, 2022
@moanos so true!!
Show threadMrs Mouse at workNov 14, 2022
@moanos Engineer: you've got the wrong-sized glass.
Show threadRod BoydDec 3, 2022
@MrsMouse @moanos I always heard that as "Engineer: The glass is twice as large as it needs to be."
Show thread🐚 Undo Influence 🐚Nov 23, 2022

@moanos

I spend at least January 2nd of every week messing with Excel. This still took me a whole minute to get. 😅

Show threadHirstyNov 23, 2022
@moanos 1st February here!
Show threadNeil Carpenter Nov 23, 2022

@moanos And this is why I'm starting a religion whose sole commandment is "Use ISO8601 date/time formats".

(Years ago, the Excel team closed my feature request to add yyyy-mm-ddThh:MM:ss as a default format because it was 'too niche'. Am I still a little bitter? Yeah, I might be.)

Show threadIvan 🎧Nov 23, 2022
@moanos Phew, took me a while to get the joke. Difficult to get it outside North America though since we write 02/01 for 2nd of January and 01/02 for 1st of February.
Show threadGryph LaneNov 23, 2022
@ivan @moanos Because North America is both wrong and presumptuous that theirs is the only way
Show threadGeorg Arne SpendenNov 23, 2022
@ivan @moanos It works all over the world in companies running international operations. Since Microsoft engineers still don't understand people who speak multiple languages, we all have to put up with this BS.
Show threadBarbaraNov 23, 2022
@ivan @moanos and it leaves people like me who use day/mth completely bewildered 🤣
Show threadJody Lemoine CD 🇨🇦Jan 5, 2024
@ivan @moanos The global ISO standard is month before day. Now, before my US friends start smugly smiling, ISO standard is also year before month.
Show threadTyler BJan 5, 2024
@ghostinthenet @ivan @moanos ISO 8601 for life!
Show threadJima Jan 6, 2024
@ghostinthenet @ivan @moanos What about your US friends who are already ISO 8601 adherents? 😜
Show threadEva MarinusNov 23, 2022
@moanos  exactly, had the joy of experiencing this effect this morning when prepping some data
Show threadMoanosNov 23, 2022
@EMarinus Sadly this joke never gets old...
Show threadSam ScribnerNov 23, 2022
@moanos you are my hero.
Show threadSoftwarewolfNov 23, 2022
@moanos Engineer: The glass is too large.
Show threadDr. Traci Birge, 🌻agroecologyNov 23, 2022
@moanos CW that is triggering AF
Show threadCaiNov 23, 2022
@moanos My company is cursed with manufacturer part numbers in xxxx-xx-xx format. Pain.
Show threadSuprmomcatCathyNov 23, 2022
@moanos 🤣🤣🤣 thanks for the laugh!
Show threadCloud & GutNov 23, 2022
@moanos Mother: Please put the glass further from the edge of the table.
Show threadaidanNov 23, 2022
@moanos *except in the commonwealth countries, where the glass is february 1st
Show threadThijs LambrechtNov 23, 2022

@anulman @moanos

Except in the rest of the world you mean...

Show threadtrevor who is a femaleNov 23, 2022
@moanos Scientist: The glass is 1/2 water, and 1/2 air.
Show threadNoamNov 23, 2022
@moanos TikTok caption: The glass is 1:59 full
Show threadtjmahrNov 23, 2022
@moanos good joke. May 5th stars
Show threadJeroen KransenNov 23, 2022
@moanos
Show threadCassie 🍓🧑‍🏫🍫⛽Nov 23, 2022
@moanos
😂
@colin_mcmillen
Show threadAppagal CrochetNov 23, 2022
@moanos Wino... the glass can always be refilled no matter the level. 😉
Show threadRobin ShiptonNov 23, 2022
@moanos Ow ow ow ow, how could you knife me like that out of nowhere
Show threadwhonose123Nov 23, 2022
@moanos me: Who the hell has been drinking out of my glass?!?!?
Show threadErich Graf Apfel von HerthsenNov 23, 2022
@moanos Conductor: The glass is one beat, alla breve
Show threadRob MaasNov 23, 2022
@moanos
engineer: the glass is too big
Show threadWalker Boh🛡Nov 23, 2022
@moanos I laughed a bit to hard at this...
Show threadStone Bear Nov 23, 2022
@moanos Unless your language is set to en_GB or en_CA, in which case it's 1 Feb.
Show threadChuck WackNov 23, 2022
@moanos
Show threadAklysNov 23, 2022
@moanos or 1st of February depending on date format structure :P