South Koreans become younger overnight after country scraps 'Korean age' | CNN
South Koreans become younger overnight after country scraps 'Korean age' | CNN
More than 51 million people in South Korea awoke on Wednesday to find themselves a year or two younger – at least, according to the law.
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babies are considered a year old on the day they’re born
Is there any useful idea behind this? That sounds completely dumb.
10 4 ReplyIt's just semantics. When you are born, you are in your first year of life, not your zeroth year of life. After a full year, you are one year old. Grammar varies from language to language, and sometimes one feels more natural.
Imagine everyone in English said "I'm in my 32nd year" instead of "I'm 31 years old." Now you meet a foreigner who says the opposite. Translation issues abound!
29 1 ReplyTo be fair, we do the same shit with what century we are in.
6 0 ReplyYou're absolutely right. But as most people don't measure their age in centuries (yet), it isn't a problem.
I'm hoping the debate emerges when I'm in my 7th century.
2 0 ReplyYou mean when you're 6 centuries old?
0 0 ReplyExactly 😂
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When you are born, you are in your first year of life, not your zeroth year of life.
There are one type of person in this world. Those that understand arrays, and those that don't.
7 2 ReplyJokes on you, my religion is Fortran ;)
6 0 ReplyI'm that one person who don't understand it.
I heard of 10 people and "binary" but this I see first time. Care to explain?
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That's not a birth day. It's an inaccurate conception day and for most of it we weren't alive yet.
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