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Showerthoughts @lemmy.world

dumbass @leminal.space

3mo ago

People who were born in the year 2000 can never forget what age they are.

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I regularly forget what year it is though...
- It's 1993, right?
  
  Bro that was 10 years ago.
  
  1969

Kids born February 29, 2000, turned 6 years old this year.
- Ahkshually, they've only had 6 birthdays. They're still 24 years old.

They can if you hit them in the head hard enough.
- Works for someone born in 1980 like myself. Easy to track when born at the beginning of a decade.
  
  I mean, equally as easy to split the equation. Born in 1999? Subtract current year from 1990. Then subtract 9. Easy.

Especially if they were born January 1st.
December 31st throws the whole thing off though.
- Not if it's 1999-12-31 ;)
  
  Did you fill in your TPS reports?

I'm sure an unfortunate bang on the head could invalidate that one
Edit: that reads a lot more like a threat than I intended it

Unless they develop Alzheimer's or something else that fucks with their memory. 🤷🏻‍♂️
- Don't think that's a big problem among 24 year olds

I don't know about that. I regularly forget what year it is.
Then again, I'm pushing 40.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, 2021 has to be the easiest year for club bouncers
- If you live in a country with a weirdly high drinking age.

As a 2000, it makes it stupid easy
- I'm a 1990 and I thought I had it good.

If they were born later in the year than it currently is, they'll have to -1

Its gonna be really helpful later in my life thats for sure, for now not really.

Yes

Just subtract your birth year from 2000 and invert it. 1988=+12, 2009=-9
- Subtract 12 from your birth year. Now add +(6X2) to that number.
  That's the year you were born.
  
  ... ... ... ... ... You're god damned right. The math is confusing at first until it's not
  Edit: I should add, I spent a minute solving for X until I slapped my knee

Who's got it easier? The people born in 2000 or 2001?

Er, uh, ok?
Like do people forget how old they are just because of the year they were born?
If someone does forget their age, they just have to do a little math, no different than someone born in 2000.
- I think the point is just that the little bit of math is very easy if you're born in 2000.
  
  Totally!
  Thread OP, kinda like it's easier to do the math when trying to remember your age or the year something happened in reference to one another.
  "I remember I was 12 when I got braces", so they know the year was 2012 when they got braces...
  ...which is easier than having to calculate:
  I was born in 1993
  so, 2000 - 1993 = 7
  and, 12 - 7 = 5
  2000 + 5 = 2005 is when they got braces.

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