@[email protected] to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 1 year agoPeople born in the year 2000 don't have to try and calculate how old they are when people ask them their agemessage-square128fedilinkarrow-up1631arrow-down135file-text
arrow-up1596arrow-down1message-squarePeople born in the year 2000 don't have to try and calculate how old they are when people ask them their age@[email protected] to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square128fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoThey do have to calculate it, it’s just the calculation is a bit easier for them.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoThey could also process the year as a string and drop the first two characters.
minus-squareLanternEverywherelinkfedilink3•edit-21 year agoOnly if you were born on January 1, otherwise you have to do a simple ±1 math
minus-square@CaptainEffortlinkEnglish1•1 year agoBut we’re not really calculating anything. I was 12 in 2012 and 8 in 2008. That’s much less a calculation and more so just observing numbers.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoYou’re not living up to your username with an effort like that!
They do have to calculate it, it’s just the calculation is a bit easier for them.
They could also process the year as a string and drop the first two characters.
Only if you were born on January 1, otherwise you have to do a simple ±1 math
But we’re not really calculating anything. I was 12 in 2012 and 8 in 2008. That’s much less a calculation and more so just observing numbers.
You’re not living up to your username with an effort like that!
My username is pure sarcasm unfortunately