3 wk. ago • 87%

People who were born in the year 2000 can never forget what age they are.

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I regularly forget what year it is though...

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- It's 1993, right?
  
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  Bro that was 10 years ago.
  
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  1969
  
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Kids born February 29, 2000, turned 6 years old this year.

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- Ahkshually, they've only had 6 birthdays. They're still 24 years old.
  
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They can if you hit them in the head hard enough.

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- Works for someone born in 1980 like myself. Easy to track when born at the beginning of a decade.
  
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  I mean, equally as easy to split the equation. Born in 1999? Subtract current year from 1990. Then subtract 9. Easy.
  
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Especially if they were born January 1st.

December 31st throws the whole thing off though.

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- Not if it's 1999-12-31 ;)
  
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  Did you fill in your TPS reports?
  
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I'm sure an unfortunate bang on the head could invalidate that one

Edit: that reads a lot more like a threat than I intended it

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Unless they develop Alzheimer's or something else that fucks with their memory. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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- Don't think that's a big problem among 24 year olds
  
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I don't know about that. I regularly forget what year it is.

Then again, I'm pushing 40.

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If they were born later in the year than it currently is, they'll have to -1

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I've said it before and I'll say it again, 2021 has to be the easiest year for club bouncers

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- If you live in a country with a weirdly high drinking age.
  
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Its gonna be really helpful later in my life thats for sure, for now not really.

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As a 2000, it makes it stupid easy

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- I'm a 1990 and I thought I had it good.
  
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Yes

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Who's got it easier? The people born in 2000 or 2001?

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Just subtract your birth year from 2000 and invert it. 1988=+12, 2009=-9

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- Subtract 12 from your birth year. Now add +(6X2) to that number.
  
  That's the year you were born.
  
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  ... ... ... ... ... You're god damned right. The math is confusing at first until it's not
  
  Edit: I should add, I spent a minute solving for X until I slapped my knee
  
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Er, uh, ok?

Like do people forget how old they are just because of the year they were born?

If someone does forget their age, they just have to do a little math, no different than someone born in 2000.

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- I think the point is just that the little bit of math is very easy if you're born in 2000.
  
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  Totally!
  
  Thread OP, kinda like it's easier to do the math when trying to remember your age or the year something happened in reference to one another.
  
  "I remember I was 12 when I got braces", so they know the year was 2012 when they got braces...
  
  ...which is easier than having to calculate:
  
  I was born in 1993
  
  so, 2000 - 1993 = 7
  
  and, 12 - 7 = 5
  
  2000 + 5 = 2005 is when they got braces.
  
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