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People born in the year 2000 don't have to try and calculate how old they are when people ask them their age (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by _spiffy@lemmy.ca to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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I was born in 1989 and the math is HARD some days.

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[โ€“] eochaid@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Math like that is really simple if you take it in easy chunks.

For example, to calc your age, just take the years from birthday to 2000 (11) and add it to the years since 2000 (23). 11 + 23 = 34.

Best part is the first calc never changes - so if you remember thst number it's just like having a 2000 birthday. Just add 11.

[โ€“] _spiffy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

But I'm only 33! So part of the challenge is also remembering what day it is today lol