Years are ordinal numbers, the kind of number that tells you which place you finished in a race, and as such cannot have zeroes or negatives. You’re living in the 2,024th year since the instant that began the Common Era. “0th” and “-1st” are not valid expressions for years for the same reason that you can’t place 0th in the Olympics
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lyth@sh.itjust.worksto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What are your experiences with the Mandela Effect?
3·2 years agoI’m contacting you from an alternate timeline to tell you that I’m still angry
lyth@sh.itjust.worksto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•when will be your last time to vote for the "lesser of two evils"?
51·2 years agoGiven the opportunity to vote in its current form, I’ll keep voting no matter how evil the lesser of two evils is. By definition it’s better than the alternative
Very dated specs, no software compatibility, probably no carrier support, if you got it to connect to the internet it would be highly insecure from years of no updates. Tragically it’s very much not an option
Give me a normal good smartphone with a 100mm OLED display that I can use with one thumb and I’ll never have another want in this world. The iPhone 4 was fine
lyth@sh.itjust.worksto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's some sex ed info you didn't know until embarrasingly late?
3·2 years agoat 17yo I thought my circumcision scar was a birthmark and I didn’t know you had to have sex at least once per pregnancy
parents, please tell your kids where babies come from and what all their parts are supposed to do, and don’t circumcise them either
It’s meant to roughly gauge how clearly you picture things in your mind’s eye by asking you which apple you see when prompted to imagine one. #5 references the lack of a mind’s eye in people with Aphantasia (coincidentally this Wikipedia article has this same chart as a header image)