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On the plus side, every day of the month would always be the same day. The 1st would always be a Sunday, the 25th would always be a Thursday, etc.

by phire 3y ago

yardstick 3y ago
People would hate having their birthdays always on the same day, imagine if it was always a Tuesday. Never a weekend. Sure, celebrations can still be held on weekends, but it’s just not the same. And Fri 13th would die away.
- lostlogin 3y ago
  I want to know what the bonus day gets called.
  - kbenson 3y ago
    Just call it the bonus day. I'm sure the equivalent of all the leap year babies that get to call themselves bonus babies will thank us.
  - speed_spread 3y ago
    "Great leaders day" because those born that day are destined to rule.
  - fragmede 3y ago
    Caturday?
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- BossingAround 3y ago
  Nah, the opposite is true for me. If I know for sure it's always a Tue, I can plan around it. I can schedule PTO for Mon and Tue, and have a nice long weekend, for example. What's so frustrating to me is when I realize that, for example, public holiday falls on the weekend (I know this is solved by some countries by moving the holiday to Monday or Friday). Last year, 24th of Dec was a Saturday, pretty much the worst time for Christmas.
  - lolinder 3y ago
    Where do you live where they don't move the holidays when they're on a weekend? I'd assumed that was the norm everywhere.
    - rbaudibert 3y ago
      We don't move them in Brazil. I'm fairly sure they aren't moved in any other South American country either. Same for Portugal/Germany. I guess we don't need to move them because we have plenty anyway, compared to the few ones the Americans have.
      - happymellon 3y ago
        We move them in the UK, and get more holidays than the Americans.
    - evandijk70 3y ago
      Not GP, but The Netherlands do not move their holidays when they're on a weekend.
- YokoZar 3y ago
  Absolutely nothing is preventing you from celebrating your birthday the way we do Holidays. My birthday isn't September 22, it's the third Saturday in September. Heck it's not even weird to not bother with this redefinition and just have a party on a more convenient day.
  - gameman144 3y ago
    In this calendar system, though, the third Saturday in September would always be the same day of the week, so it would keep you from celebrating in that format.
  - kelnos 3y ago
    There's nothing preventing that, sure, but I don't think I'd really enjoy that. I want to celebrate my birthday on the anniversary of the day I was born, not on the nearest weekend day. (My birthday falls on a national holiday where I live, though, so in practice I've never had to worry about school or work on my birthday.)
- jackhalford 3y ago
  It would actually be Friday 13th every month, if start the month on a Sunday.
- RecycledEle 3y ago
  That's not a reason to prefer one calendar over another. Celebrating the anniversary of your birth is an arbitrary decision. Preferring it to fall on a weekend is odf. Anyone can celebrate anything at any time.
  - maxerickson 3y ago
    Yeah, people should just turn off their inate psychology more often.
- beede 3y ago
  Friday the 13th would always come on a Saturday, is all.
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NullPrefix 3y ago
Always friday the 13th
- yardstick 3y ago
  Which would be boring compared to it only happening once in a proverbial blue moon.
majewsky 3y ago
Surely everyone would follow the correct rule instead and have the week start on Mondays. :)
- stavros 3y ago
  The Greek word for Monday literally means "second day". Tuesday is "third day", up to Thursday, "fifth day".
  - noahjk 3y ago
    While I subscribe to the Monday week start, that’s a really interesting fact that I never would have expected
  - dbcurtis 3y ago
    Thor, God of Thunder, would like to have a word with you.
    - stavros 3y ago
      Does he speak Greek? Because, if not, I imagine so would the moon, Tiu, Wodan, Freya, etc.
      - djbusby 3y ago
        I thought he was from up north, where Greek is ... less likely.
        stavros 3y ago
        I would think the same, making him fairly irrelevant as far as the fact I mentioned is concerned.
  - sk0g 3y ago
    Similar for Georgian, Monday through to Thursday are named roughly "two-Sabbath" to "five-Sabbath", with Saturday being Sabbath of course. Not sure why those numbers, but I assumed it was because it was the number of days past Saturday? Friday and Sunday get different names, unrelated to Sabbath as far as I can tell -- paraskevi and kvira.
netsharc 3y ago
The weekdays currently act as a weak parity check.. if I said "let's have a meeting on Tuesday 12/8" you'd double check because December 8th isn't a Tuesday. The weak parity didn't prevent a friend from booking a rental car in April although we were going to be in the destination city in July.. the days of the week matched!

On the plus side, every day of the month would always be the same day. The 1st would always be a Sunday, the 25th would always be a Thursday, etc.

by phire 3y ago

On the plus side, every day of the month would always be the same day. The 1st would always be a Sunday, the 25th would always be a Thursday, etc.

yardstick 3y ago

People would hate having their birthdays always on the same day, imagine if it was always a Tuesday. Never a weekend. Sure, celebrations can still be held on weekends, but it’s just not the same. And Fri 13th would die away.

lostlogin 3y ago
I want to know what the bonus day gets called.
- kbenson 3y ago
  Just call it the bonus day. I'm sure the equivalent of all the leap year babies that get to call themselves bonus babies will thank us.
- speed_spread 3y ago
  "Great leaders day" because those born that day are destined to rule.
- fragmede 3y ago
  Caturday?
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BossingAround 3y ago
Nah, the opposite is true for me. If I know for sure it's always a Tue, I can plan around it. I can schedule PTO for Mon and Tue, and have a nice long weekend, for example. What's so frustrating to me is when I realize that, for example, public holiday falls on the weekend (I know this is solved by some countries by moving the holiday to Monday or Friday). Last year, 24th of Dec was a Saturday, pretty much the worst time for Christmas.
- lolinder 3y ago
  Where do you live where they don't move the holidays when they're on a weekend? I'd assumed that was the norm everywhere.
  - rbaudibert 3y ago
    We don't move them in Brazil. I'm fairly sure they aren't moved in any other South American country either. Same for Portugal/Germany. I guess we don't need to move them because we have plenty anyway, compared to the few ones the Americans have.
    - happymellon 3y ago
      We move them in the UK, and get more holidays than the Americans.
  - evandijk70 3y ago
    Not GP, but The Netherlands do not move their holidays when they're on a weekend.
YokoZar 3y ago
Absolutely nothing is preventing you from celebrating your birthday the way we do Holidays. My birthday isn't September 22, it's the third Saturday in September. Heck it's not even weird to not bother with this redefinition and just have a party on a more convenient day.
- gameman144 3y ago
  In this calendar system, though, the third Saturday in September would always be the same day of the week, so it would keep you from celebrating in that format.
- kelnos 3y ago
  There's nothing preventing that, sure, but I don't think I'd really enjoy that. I want to celebrate my birthday on the anniversary of the day I was born, not on the nearest weekend day. (My birthday falls on a national holiday where I live, though, so in practice I've never had to worry about school or work on my birthday.)
jackhalford 3y ago
It would actually be Friday 13th every month, if start the month on a Sunday.
RecycledEle 3y ago
That's not a reason to prefer one calendar over another. Celebrating the anniversary of your birth is an arbitrary decision. Preferring it to fall on a weekend is odf. Anyone can celebrate anything at any time.
- maxerickson 3y ago
  Yeah, people should just turn off their inate psychology more often.
beede 3y ago
Friday the 13th would always come on a Saturday, is all.

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NullPrefix 3y ago

Always friday the 13th

yardstick 3y ago
Which would be boring compared to it only happening once in a proverbial blue moon.

majewsky 3y ago

Surely everyone would follow the correct rule instead and have the week start on Mondays. :)

stavros 3y ago
The Greek word for Monday literally means "second day". Tuesday is "third day", up to Thursday, "fifth day".
- noahjk 3y ago
  While I subscribe to the Monday week start, that’s a really interesting fact that I never would have expected
- dbcurtis 3y ago
  Thor, God of Thunder, would like to have a word with you.
  - stavros 3y ago
    Does he speak Greek? Because, if not, I imagine so would the moon, Tiu, Wodan, Freya, etc.
    - djbusby 3y ago
      I thought he was from up north, where Greek is ... less likely.
      - stavros 3y ago
        I would think the same, making him fairly irrelevant as far as the fact I mentioned is concerned.
- sk0g 3y ago
  Similar for Georgian, Monday through to Thursday are named roughly "two-Sabbath" to "five-Sabbath", with Saturday being Sabbath of course. Not sure why those numbers, but I assumed it was because it was the number of days past Saturday? Friday and Sunday get different names, unrelated to Sabbath as far as I can tell -- paraskevi and kvira.

netsharc 3y ago

The weekdays currently act as a weak parity check.. if I said "let's have a meeting on Tuesday 12/8" you'd double check because December 8th isn't a Tuesday. The weak parity didn't prevent a friend from booking a rental car in April although we were going to be in the destination city in July.. the days of the week matched!