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It's interesting how uniform the birthday distribution at the end looks. I'd expect more seasonality (e.g. more babies conceived in the cold, dark months).
by bsimpson 2y ago
It's interesting how uniform the birthday distribution at the end looks. I'd expect more seasonality (e.g. more babies conceived in the cold, dark months).
- kibibu 2y agoWeird how, coincidentally, 3x as many people are born on Nov 15 as any other day
- boomboomsubban 2y agoNope, Jan 1st has about the same amount. So the lazy liars and those wondering what the dialogue says if they share a birthday with the prompt.
- senectus1 2y agois that US Nov 15th? Cause I was born in Australia on Nov 14th :-D
- sevg 2y agoWouldn't that be US Nov 13th?
- unsnap_biceps 2y agoI wonder if modern living has pretty much made this a non-factor. We have things to entertain ourselves regardless of the duration of light outside and so we're no longer left sitting at home in front of the fire bored, we're sitting at home in front of the fire playing with our phones. Less likely to bow-chicka-bow-wow out of boredom.
- kqr 2y agoRemember that the seasons are inverted on the other side of the equator. (Granted, the population splits something like 90/10 but still.)
- ropejumper 2y agoThere are relatively few people living south enough to have "cold and dark winters," anyway. The northern hemisphere is much more concentrated towards the north. Most people live above 35°S where, at the most extreme, winter days are about 10 hours and a half long (plus about an hour of decent twilight). Temperatures obviously vary depending on region but they don't really get much below 10°C as far as I know. So really, it's more like mostly bright and somewhat chilly.
- bambax 2y agoYes, it's also extremely unlikely. The actual distribution in developed countries is not uniform: there is a spike at the end of September (because many more people make babies at or around New Year's Eve) and a considerable drop on Dec. 25th (because people will avoid that date and provoque the birth some days before in case it might happen). Also, on the site there is a huge spike on Nov. 15 which, incidentally, is the birthday of the author: maybe they tested it many times?
- profsummergig 2y agoWhy do people not like having their child be born on Xmas?
- mrandish 2y agoIt's that some small percentage of births are intentionally induced for various medical reasons. Sometimes because the baby is full term but labor is not starting on its own yet. Other times an OB will attempt to rotate a full term baby that's in breach position to avoid needing a C-section surgery. Successful or not, this rotation procedure has a chance of triggering labor (which is why they wait until the baby is at or close to full term before trying it). Bottom line: hospitals are short staffed on Xmas so they set scheduled procedures which may induce labor for the day before or the day after whenever possible which preserves their limited capacity on Xmas for unscheduled births and emergencies.
- KineticLensman 2y agoMy sister’s birthday is a few days after Christmas. She hated this as a child because once her birthday was over there was almost a whole year without any prezzies
- Miraltar 2y ago15th november are valentine's babies, I'm not surprised about this spike
- boomboomsubban 2y ago