People 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.world – 587 points –

I was born in 1989 and the math is HARD some days.

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I understand that people are scared of "new" math, but for a 1989 birthday just take the last too digits of the current year, add ten, then add one if you've already had a birthday this year, e.g. 23+10+1=34. Almost the same math I used to count change when I worked retail.

for a 1989 birthday just take the last too digits of the current year, add ten, then add one if you’ve already had a birthday this year, e.g. 23+10+1=34.

... you lost my brain at 1989.