fiction often uses shorthands that acknowledges moment-to-moment legibility is more important than pure verisimilitude, especially in situations that could be ambiguous. that's why the original screenshot should have written the date in YYYY年MM月DD日 instead
I find non-American depictions of America fascinating, like a little peek into an alternate reality where US culture has had some of its fundamental (often pretty stupid) pieces swapped out. The cyberpunk dystopia of Night City has better public transit and more functional mixed-use zoning than most real US cities, and basically zero mandatory parking wastelands
Non-American: "I've re-imagined America as the worst dystopia conceivable by man or God."
American: "I wish I could move here actually."
