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If only people would be less set in our ways, you could use the same calendar every year: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Calendar https://en.m.wikipedia

If only people would be less set in our ways, you could use the same calendar every year: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Calendar https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Calendar

tzakrajs 7y ago
It seems most dissenters are people upset that the calendar is incongruent with their favorite religious texts. If we change the calendar then we might invalidate creation myth, oh noes!
- tzakrajs 7y ago
  Upon second reading, I don't get it. There is still a saturday and a sunday and the other 5 days we are used to.
CNJ7654 7y ago
Logically, the World Calendar is better, but it lacks the human whimsy of Greg's calendar. There's a kind of charm in our imperfect inventions. Like Boston's streets or time zones
LeifCarrotson 7y ago
"You advocate a ________ approach to calendar reform. Your idea will not work. Here is why: ( ) having one or two days per year which are part of no month is stupid ( ) having one or two days per year with no day of the week is asinine ( ) social constructs are actually very important https://qntm.org/calendar https://qntm.org/calendar
pythonaut_16 7y ago
Have you seen this proposal? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Fixed_Calendar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Fixed_Calendar I find it much more compelling than World Calendar, although ultimately I think switching calendar systems is not very practical at this point.
- mac01021 7y ago
  That is rather compelling, but the 13 months is a but problematic... I had not seen it, so thanks for sharing!
  - yellowapple 7y ago
    I like that - in addition to there being 13 months - every 13th of the month falls on a Friday (including, therefore, my birthday).
jedberg 7y ago
While that would be very efficient, I would be very sad that my birthday would fall on a Tuesday every year.
- mac01021 7y ago
  What's wrong with Tuesdays?
  - jedberg 7y ago
    It's hard to get a raging party together on Tuesday. At least with the current calendar, every few years I can have a party on my actual birthday. With the modified calendar, I'd always have my party before of after my real birthday. Also, relatedly and less personal, holidays like July 4th would always be on a Wednesday, which is a terrible day to have a statutory holiday. There is a reason that the holidays that are defined by their day of the week always fall on Monday or Friday (with Thanksgiving being the exception, but the Friday following is almost always a holiday for most people).

If only people would be less set in our ways, you could use the same calendar every year: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Calendar https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Calendar

tzakrajs 7y ago

It seems most dissenters are people upset that the calendar is incongruent with their favorite religious texts. If we change the calendar then we might invalidate creation myth, oh noes!

tzakrajs 7y ago
Upon second reading, I don't get it. There is still a saturday and a sunday and the other 5 days we are used to.

CNJ7654 7y ago

Logically, the World Calendar is better, but it lacks the human whimsy of Greg's calendar. There's a kind of charm in our imperfect inventions. Like Boston's streets or time zones

LeifCarrotson 7y ago

"You advocate a ________ approach to calendar reform. Your idea will not work. Here is why: ( ) having one or two days per year which are part of no month is stupid ( ) having one or two days per year with no day of the week is asinine ( ) social constructs are actually very important https://qntm.org/calendar https://qntm.org/calendar

pythonaut_16 7y ago

Have you seen this proposal? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Fixed_Calendar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Fixed_Calendar I find it much more compelling than World Calendar, although ultimately I think switching calendar systems is not very practical at this point.

mac01021 7y ago
That is rather compelling, but the 13 months is a but problematic... I had not seen it, so thanks for sharing!
- yellowapple 7y ago
  I like that - in addition to there being 13 months - every 13th of the month falls on a Friday (including, therefore, my birthday).

jedberg 7y ago

While that would be very efficient, I would be very sad that my birthday would fall on a Tuesday every year.

mac01021 7y ago
What's wrong with Tuesdays?
- jedberg 7y ago
  It's hard to get a raging party together on Tuesday. At least with the current calendar, every few years I can have a party on my actual birthday. With the modified calendar, I'd always have my party before of after my real birthday. Also, relatedly and less personal, holidays like July 4th would always be on a Wednesday, which is a terrible day to have a statutory holiday. There is a reason that the holidays that are defined by their day of the week always fall on Monday or Friday (with Thanksgiving being the exception, but the Friday following is almost always a holiday for most people).