We could have 13 months of 28 days. And we could make spring the beginning of the new year. You know, like nature? But noooo, some dumbass emperor wants extra days for “his” month like 2000 years ago.
We could have 12 months of 3 tendays each with 5 extra intercalary holidays every year.
Anyway, the Roman thing is a bit misunderstood. July and August weren’t added. January and February were. It used to be that winter was just this cold mess of monthless time. July and August were simply renamed in honour of Julius and Augustus Caesar, previously being Quintilis and Sextilis.
The power of cultural inertia is truly astonishing.
This guy sidereals.
wait till you hear about the 13th month that would’ve made every month the same length (28 days)
I loved that concept, until someone reminded me that a lot of greedy people would take the opportunity to charge us 1 extra month for the stuff, and almost no one would properly recalculate things, while they would certainly recalculate our salaries
*someone reminded you
Thanks >.<
Not every month. You still need to account for ~1 1/4 days.
The thirteen month calendar accounts for this. Every four years at the end of the year, you have a month that is 1 day long, and is simply called “New Year’s Day”.
Personally I would hate this calendar because birthdays and holidays will always be on the same day of the week. Born on a Monday? Your birthday will always be on Monday for the rest of your life.
You’re allowed to celebrate your birthday on weekend, literally nobody can stop you
Turn birthdays into birthweeks. Easy peasy.
Wait, that doesn’t sound right. Wouldn’t that mean that the start of the year and thus the first day moves 6h further every NYD? So days would start at midnight initially but at noon after 2 years? Or do you lose the alignment between months and days so months don’t necessarily start at midnight, and after 4 years they start a day later?
I imagine you’d probably choose to handle it like leap year already does, and go for the extra day every four years instead.
You’re correct. I was misremembering. Edited my comment.
No, we party so hard that day that there is no accounting for it.
I suppose it was that fellow named Augustus
My bet is on Julius
Actually ☝️
The Roman calendar used to have 10 months including a “Quintilis (July)” and “Sextilis (August)” long before Caesar. Obviously that means 5 (quint) and 6 (sex).
When they introduced January and February to make 12 months, that’s what misaligned the months, not July and August. Before Quintilis and Sextilis were renamed, their numbering was already off.
Caesar didn’t fix it when he remade the calendar, but he also isn’t the one who caused the problem. The problem is that January is the first month when it should be (and used to be) March. If we just made March the first month, it would realign the other months so they make sense. And then leap days would be added to the final month of February, which just makes more sense than putting them in the second month.
Yeah wasn’t it exactly like that, Feburary being the last month? Didn’t they smash pottery at the end of february to drive out the old year and stuff?
The oranges guy?
No, the salad guy.
I heard he opened a pizza place, “little julius” or something like that
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THAT WAS THE SAME GUY?!?!?
Yes, 1000 years ago he invented oranges and salads.
Yep, John Julius, known inventor of Oranges and salads with fish sauce
To this day I only eat oranges and salads with the original fish sauce.
Gloop out here eatin months.
I will upvote this every time
We just need to add Gormanuary
