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

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[–] burgersc12@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I mean if youre within a couple years of it you would be like current year +5 or whatever

[–] OtherPetard@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

tbf, it may not be hard to calculate, but it is hard to admit I'm almost halfway my thirties...

Also born in 89, I can say I was still born in the Soviet Union.

[–] ech0@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

If you're born in '89 just add 11 to the current year and you have your age (34). This works for any year you're born.

Born in ''83? Just add 17 to the current year. You have your age (40)

[–] UnicornKitty@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Try 77 sometime. The only reason I knew my mom's age is she was born in 57. Occasionally I'd even have to work the other way to figure out how old I was!

My kids were exactly 18 months apart, same day, one in 1999 and one in 2001. Math made (mostly) easy, baby.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

I was just telling a friend that being born on a decade makes it easy for me to keep track, whereas I've heard my brother ask his wife to confirm his age.

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