@_spiffy@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoPeople born in the year 2000 don't have to try and calculate how old they are when people ask them their agemessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up1623arrow-down135file-text
arrow-up1588arrow-down1message-squarePeople born in the year 2000 don't have to try and calculate how old they are when people ask them their age@_spiffy@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square136fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@limelight79@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoThey do have to calculate it, it’s just the calculation is a bit easier for them.
minus-square@Pechente@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 years agoThey could also process the year as a string and drop the first two characters.
minus-squareLanternEverywherelinkfedilink3•edit-22 years agoOnly if you were born on January 1, otherwise you have to do a simple ±1 math
minus-square@CaptainEffort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years 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@limelight79@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoYou’re not living up to your username with an effort like that!
minus-square@CaptainEffort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoMy username is pure sarcasm unfortunately
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