TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoPeople born on Leap Day, do you celebrate your birthday on February 28th, February 29th, or March 1st?message-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squarePeople born on Leap Day, do you celebrate your birthday on February 28th, February 29th, or March 1st?TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 months agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenrezcm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoI feel like celebrating only on February 29th during a leap year makes the most sense. If someone was born on February 29, then that’s their birthday and their rate of aging is slowed by %80.
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoYour 80% claim doesn’t account for people who live through a year divisible by 100 but not 400. Children born today could feasibly turn 18 in 2096, but won’t celebrate their 19th birthday in 2100. They’ll turn 19 in 2104.
I feel like celebrating only on February 29th during a leap year makes the most sense. If someone was born on February 29, then that’s their birthday and their rate of aging is slowed by %80.
Your 80% claim doesn’t account for people who live through a year divisible by 100 but not 400.
Children born today could feasibly turn 18 in 2096, but won’t celebrate their 19th birthday in 2100. They’ll turn 19 in 2104.