YICHM@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agoit's inconvenient that the number of days in a week is a prime number.message-squaremessage-square61linkfedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down16
arrow-up196arrow-down1message-squareit's inconvenient that the number of days in a week is a prime number.YICHM@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square61linkfedilink
minus-squareone_old_coder@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days ago10 hours per day was already pretty stupid, but the name they gave to the months was worse, like Grapemonth, Frostmonth, Rainmonth, Flowermonth, etc.
minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 days agoLucky our existing names aren’t stupid! Imagine if April just meant “Bud-opening-month,” or if the rest were named after gods, or festivals, or emperors, or if they were numbered but the order was all wrong. That would be ridiculous.
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days agoNot sure on grapes but the other three are pretty easy to match to a season.
10 hours per day was already pretty stupid, but the name they gave to the months was worse, like Grapemonth, Frostmonth, Rainmonth, Flowermonth, etc.
Lucky our existing names aren’t stupid! Imagine if April just meant “Bud-opening-month,” or if the rest were named after gods, or festivals, or emperors, or if they were numbered but the order was all wrong. That would be ridiculous.
Not sure on grapes but the other three are pretty easy to match to a season.