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    1. Brave-Two372 on

      Fun fact about A4 paper is if you fold it in half it keeps the same aspect ratio (1:sqrt(2)). Any fun facts about letter paper?

    5. maroonmartian9 on

      Philippines LOL. Stick like a sore thumb in Asia.

      To be fair, we have A4 papers and some offices uses it. But Letter is more common. Also, Legal Size is what US called long paper.

    6. Traditional-Idea1409 on

      It’s actually mostly because many office buildings (and thus office equipment) were destroyed in Europe/ other parts of the world during World War II. The USA was largely fine, and didnt need new equipment, so didn’t adopt the new A4 standard that had been developed during the 1920s. Previous to the war, most places used 8.5×11

    9. PROINSIAS62 on

      American paper sizes piss me off big time. All there software especially Adobe defaults to the shit they use over there.

    11. shadow_irradiant on

      US and some random countries: One Standard

      The entire rest of the world: Another Standard

      Every f-ing time

    12. fire-starterer on

      Oh wow, as a European immigrant living in America I just now realized why Americans look at me funny when I say “I would like to buy A4 paper”

    14. Delduthling on

      Super interesting, why the heck is the Norwegian/Scottish/Irish coast on North American paper?

    15. Ok-Push9899 on

      ![gif](giphy|x0dlkNh8t27ir42ugP)

      How I felt when the printer told me PC LOAD LETTER

    17. Famous-Ad-289 on

      People in Eu: why it doesn’t print properly, oh it’s „letter“.
      next time: damn thing resets to letter size every other time.

    18. Ok-Bird6823 on

      A4 is actually more common in the Philippines compared to the latter. It’s just us letter paper size is still being used but rarely nowadays.

    19. Cimexus on

      This is so annoying. I live in the US (currently, I’m not from here originally) and brought several reams of A4 with me when I moved here, since I still do a lot that requires it, and all the paperwork etc. I have to submit to my home consulate still has to be on A4. You can’t find A4 locally at all. If you want some you have to order it off Amazon or other online retailer at some ridiculous price.

      Plus sorry but A4 just looks so much nicer, proportionally. American paper looks weirdly fat and short.

    21. Random_182f2565 on

      This is false, in Chile we use oficio chileno 8,5 x 13, the USA use 8,5 x 14, completely different!

    22. RR321 on

      I wish we had A4 in Canada…
      Enough with that Imperial crap that’s never thought out in context.

    23. Junior_Stretch_2413 on

      The world: Wow nice standard, Germany, can we have this?

      USA: We just take 17 feathers of a bald eagle, make a rectangle out of it and call it a paper measuring system.

    24. Colonel1836 on

      What kind of animal uses 8.27 x 11.69?
      That is worse than the metric system.

    25. ZETH_27 on

      Paper „Divide“

      It’s the US being incessantly different for the sake of it, while the rest of the world agrees to standardize.

    26. concentrated-amazing on

      I was thinking about the letter vs. A4 thing a couple days ago. Was thinking that we Canadians should take this opportunity of, shall we say this period or American decoupling, and make the switch in the near future.

    27. NatureLovingDad89 on

      It’s crazy that so much of the world uses the wrong type of paper

    28. CoolSeedling on

      ITT people are getting absolutely triggered by paper sizes. Guys, calm down.

    30. Snowedin-69 on

      Seriously?

      I’m going to start using A4 like the rest of the civilized world lol.

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