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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)
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I was born in 1989 and the math is HARD some days.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I understand that people are scared of "new" math, but for a 1989 birthday just take the last too digits of the current year, add ten, then add one if you've already had a birthday this year, e.g. 23+10+1=34. Almost the same math I used to count change when I worked retail.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

for a 1989 birthday just take the last too digits of the current year, add ten, then add one if you’ve already had a birthday this year, e.g. 23+10+1=34.

... you lost my brain at 1989.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Hello fellow Wendigo! Feel less lonely now?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Whoa, whoa, slow down, egghead.