JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month agoThe final year of the 20th century was 2000 (not 1999) but a person in their 20th year is 19 (not 20)message-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up154arrow-down1message-squareThe final year of the 20th century was 2000 (not 1999) but a person in their 20th year is 19 (not 20)JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJubilantJaguar@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoIf year 1 was relabeled 0 then that would make centuries more logical. But probably there would be illogical side effects that I’m having trouble imagining right now.
If year 1 was relabeled 0 then that would make centuries more logical. But probably there would be illogical side effects that I’m having trouble imagining right now.