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People born in the year 2000 don't have to try and calculate how old they are when people ask them their age (lemmy.ca)

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

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[-] jg1i@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Trying to do this mentally:

1989 + 1 = 1990
2023 - 2000 = 23
2000 - 1990 = 10
23 + 10 = 33

33 - 1 = 32 Ha! Easy!... Wait.

33 + 1 = 34 Shit. Double+1. Ok, I thought the -1 at the end would undo the +1 at the beginning. But, I guess the 2000-1990 messed me up.

Maybe

2000 - 1990 = 10
1990 - 1989 = 1
2023 - 2000 = 23
23 + 1 = 24
24 + 10 = 34

[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

I feel like you just typed out a learning disability somehow.

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