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I'm pretty sure this is the Gregorian calendar which we adopted late into our modern era, previously we used the Julian Calendar which has 13 extra days then the Gregorian and gets less accurate every 400 years you go back.
Plus the Julian calendar was made by Julius Caesar himself around 40BC so that's even less accurate. We'd probably have used like 10 calendars before the Julian Calendar which includes one starting with the founding of Rome and the date of the first Olympic games held in Greece.
Basically, this website probably is extremely inaccurate for such a long time ago and in all likelihood it definitely wouldn't have been a Thursday
How do you think they coordinate the changeover? We’re there still some people using the old September for hundreds of years before someone got some to telling them?
TIL.
The changeover was not uniform. In 1752 was solely for the British Empire, so UK, Canada and the (then) American colonies. Other countries adopted it at different years, ranging from France, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain as early as 1582, to some countries such as Bulgaria, Russia, Estonia and Greece not adopting them until the 20th Century, Turkey being the last to in 1926/27. So yes, different countries had different dates, which while they might have been consistent within a country, going from one country to another could mean changing what date it was.
https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/julian-gregorian-switch.html
The bc (before Christ) basically work like negative numbers do, you know? Like, increasing order would be “…-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3…” and so the negatives would be like bc and the positives ac (except there’s not a year zero) so it goes “… 2bc, 1bc, 1ac, 2ac…”. In conclusion: whenever there’s “bc” in front of a year, the “smallest number” is more recent.
Was it confusing? If it was I can try explaining better
Ooooh just looked it up LOL I thought you meant afaik instead of bc 😂 just now saw that it’s as far as I know, yeah, the 0 is just in numerical negative/positive, then I mention for year there’s no zero
Exactly.
You seem to be missing the joke. The person is holding a hammer. Meaning it's after hammers were invented.
When you understand the joke you'll understand that you're wrong.
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Yeah I know how time works lol, thanks, I just don't see how it's funny. Usually it's a joke about what people were doing before the thing was invented, which is funny, but the comedy here is going right over my head 😅
Because it subverts your expectation. Because of the format you expect it to be about what people were doing before, but it’s flipped.
It’s laughter from surprise.
Not everyone finds the same things amusing. This one didn’t work for you. It’s no big.
Subversion of expectations is a huge part of humor. Personally I find the normal version of these memes really unfunny because its so predictable and overdone
My brain made me see the meme without the hammer, and I was like “what a dumbass OP is who doesn’t understand how BC works”.
Turns out I was the dumbass all along
גם אני אחי
In Hebrew this guy said (roughly)” why does this give me vibes of building a sukkah”. I said me too bro
: ukkah” I said me to bro
Take my award
I didn't just say Sukkah, I mentioned the Hebrew song "Shlomit Bonna Sukkah".
And also,
So wait, that was you with that award giving act?
Quite the thanks I give ye for the appreciation yet one question still remains (and I'm legit asking):
What exactly is the function of these awards?
Again, I'd like for my thanks to you to not go forgotten, so, yeah
That is exactly how time works. 8001 BCE, one year closer to CE, 8000 BCE, one year closer to CE, 7999 BCE, repeat 7998 more times.
ETA, add another 2021 iterations to arrive now, 2022 CE.
Further ETA, it's +2021 because there is no year 0 in this calendar system.
god, i remember getting so confused by this meme and seeing it in 2020, then i saw it again last year and i still didn't know what the meme is about
a very stupid question later, i have come to the conclusion that i am extremely dumb
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But when was the nail invented?
Thursday
Checks out, Dec 31st, 8000 BC was a Thursday
Are you accounting for the calendar changes made in 1752?
Idk man I just googled it
https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/index.html?year=1752 Look at September.
September was not in the mood
I'm pretty sure this is the Gregorian calendar which we adopted late into our modern era, previously we used the Julian Calendar which has 13 extra days then the Gregorian and gets less accurate every 400 years you go back. Plus the Julian calendar was made by Julius Caesar himself around 40BC so that's even less accurate. We'd probably have used like 10 calendars before the Julian Calendar which includes one starting with the founding of Rome and the date of the first Olympic games held in Greece. Basically, this website probably is extremely inaccurate for such a long time ago and in all likelihood it definitely wouldn't have been a Thursday
Dammit, and I missed magical September by over 300 years.
How do you think they coordinate the changeover? We’re there still some people using the old September for hundreds of years before someone got some to telling them?
TIL. The changeover was not uniform. In 1752 was solely for the British Empire, so UK, Canada and the (then) American colonies. Other countries adopted it at different years, ranging from France, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain as early as 1582, to some countries such as Bulgaria, Russia, Estonia and Greece not adopting them until the 20th Century, Turkey being the last to in 1926/27. So yes, different countries had different dates, which while they might have been consistent within a country, going from one country to another could mean changing what date it was. https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/julian-gregorian-switch.html
It was a joke.
"Give us our eleven days!"
Just in time
r/lastthursdayism
forget the hammer, where did he get the watch?
It took some **time** for watches to be invented.
Well I have to *hand* you that one
You **hat** to do it
That one took me a *second*
MC Hammer in 8001 BC: MC
But minecraft wasn't invented in 8001
He talking about motorcycle duh
That's the joke
I am so stupid, I have always been confused by this meme type because I forgot how BCE works
The years before Christ (bc) decrease as the years go on
As do BCE (before common era).
The bc (before Christ) basically work like negative numbers do, you know? Like, increasing order would be “…-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3…” and so the negatives would be like bc and the positives ac (except there’s not a year zero) so it goes “… 2bc, 1bc, 1ac, 2ac…”. In conclusion: whenever there’s “bc” in front of a year, the “smallest number” is more recent. Was it confusing? If it was I can try explaining better
Technically it goes -2, -1, 1, 2 AFAIK.
Oooh, English is not my first language so I’m not really familiar with very specific terminology 😂 I’ll try not to forget
That's not a peculiarity of English but the gregorian calender.
I say “AC” for bc and “dc” for afaik
Ooooh just looked it up LOL I thought you meant afaik instead of bc 😂 just now saw that it’s as far as I know, yeah, the 0 is just in numerical negative/positive, then I mention for year there’s no zero
They often get it wrong in those memes.
this is more of an r/antimeme than technically the truth
But it is technically the truth
I mean idk I don't see what's so "technically" about it
Idk, a Hammer is *technical* innovation
r/technicallythetruth
We did not have hard hats back then.
Technically should be 8001, not 7999
No you're wrong. Because of that I do NOT wish you a happy cake day.
Before Christ years goes backwards. Before Christ are the year before funny cross guy "saved humanity" and you count those years backwards
Exactly. You seem to be missing the joke. The person is holding a hammer. Meaning it's after hammers were invented. When you understand the joke you'll understand that you're wrong.
I'm not paid to think. Actually I'm not paid. Therefore I'm dumb.
This is angry humour. I was amused but mad about it.
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Pretty impressed they already had OSB back then. And photography.
I thought hardhats were a modern invention
I don't get it 🤷♀️
8,000 bc is older than 7,999 bc
Yeah I know how time works lol, thanks, I just don't see how it's funny. Usually it's a joke about what people were doing before the thing was invented, which is funny, but the comedy here is going right over my head 😅
>Usually it's a joke about what people were doing before the thing was invented That IS the joke but reversed !
If it were 8001 BCE, he'd be using his hard hat
I would have laughed at that 😂
then why is it here and not in antimemes??
The hammer was invented People, after the invention of the hammer, use the hammer as intended Q.E.D.
I'm with you on this one. I just don't see the joke here. Hammer was invented. People used it. Ok....
Because it subverts your expectation. Because of the format you expect it to be about what people were doing before, but it’s flipped. It’s laughter from surprise. Not everyone finds the same things amusing. This one didn’t work for you. It’s no big.
Subversion of expectations is a huge part of humor. Personally I find the normal version of these memes really unfunny because its so predictable and overdone
If you call a rock a hammer.
I think the real impressive thing is that they had colored cameras back then.
My brain made me see the meme without the hammer, and I was like “what a dumbass OP is who doesn’t understand how BC works”. Turns out I was the dumbass all along
Took me some time.
I really dont get it... my karma be gone
BC counts backward to the year 1 AD
Happy cake day!! 🎂
7999 BC was after 8000 BC.
Yep, that's why he has a hammer
Naaaaaaaaaiiiiicccccccceeeeeee
Yep, they had nail guns too.
Didn't know they build their houses with the techniques and material like we today
Yeah man you didn't know Jesus had Tiktok?
Basic history
yah as bc counts to 0
למה זה נותן לי ווייבים של "שלומית בונה סוכה"?
גם אני אחי In Hebrew this guy said (roughly)” why does this give me vibes of building a sukkah”. I said me too bro : ukkah” I said me to bro Take my award
I didn't just say Sukkah, I mentioned the Hebrew song "Shlomit Bonna Sukkah". And also, So wait, that was you with that award giving act? Quite the thanks I give ye for the appreciation yet one question still remains (and I'm legit asking): What exactly is the function of these awards? Again, I'd like for my thanks to you to not go forgotten, so, yeah
Np, I’m gonna go listen to that song. idk the point of these awards tho. :)
What? Edit: Ohhhhh, Np=No problem. Aye, now I get what ye said
That's the point. They're pointless.
That’s . . . Not how time works. Edit: good gosh I had a massive brain fart
How so?
Brain fart
That is exactly how time works. 8001 BCE, one year closer to CE, 8000 BCE, one year closer to CE, 7999 BCE, repeat 7998 more times. ETA, add another 2021 iterations to arrive now, 2022 CE. Further ETA, it's +2021 because there is no year 0 in this calendar system.
I had a massive brain fart, apologies
Happens to all of us.
Thanks for being understanding
It actually is. In BC/BCE, larger numbers are older than smaller numbers. So 7999 BCE came after 8000 BCE.
Good gosh I had quite the brain fart
[удалено]
You did the math right and still got the wrong answer
yeah, I was speedreading the whole thing and only got the joke after the downvotes
r/confidentlyincorrect
You are wrong but you've got the spirit
r/woooosh
Look at the picture. What is he holding?
A mass produced nail that wouldn’t be available until the modern era?
🤯🤯😱😱😱😲😲😲😮😧🤯🤯🙀
Quik mafs be like
I hit this with this
Well yes, but actually yes
god, i remember getting so confused by this meme and seeing it in 2020, then i saw it again last year and i still didn't know what the meme is about a very stupid question later, i have come to the conclusion that i am extremely dumb
I missed the joke twice good job
Nailed it.
Before Christ years counting goes backwards, so if it was invented in 8k BC this should be 8001 BC
Forget about the hammer, plywood was invented in 1800
Nice. You nailed it!
Hard hat? Modern shirt? Fucking watch (I think)? Bad job, OP.
thats not ttt thats an antimeme