_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-squaremessage-square139fedilinkarrow-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_spiffy@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square139fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelimelight79@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agoThey do have to calculate it, it’s just the calculation is a bit easier for them.
minus-squarePechente@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoThey could also process the year as a string and drop the first two characters.
minus-squareLanternEverywhere@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 years agoOnly if you were born on January 1, otherwise you have to do a simple ±1 math
minus-squareCaptainEffort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 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-squarelimelight79@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoYou’re not living up to your username with an effort like that!
minus-squareCaptainEffort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 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