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xan326 t1_ja4s1i4 wrote

Still wrong. What OP meant is that they're weekend holidays, where most participation is not on the day itself but the more convenient weekend around the holiday; thus the statement of them always being on the same day of the week.

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Any-Obligation22 t1_ja4twe7 wrote

Add the words " as each other" to the end of that thought and it actually makes sense. Something to do with 2 months with the same number of days perhaps? Pick any dates that fall on the same day of the week from any 2 months that have the same number of days and it will be true I think? I haven't tested it extensively but seems to be true.

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r1ng_0 t1_ja4xky5 wrote

Same day of the year. Day of the week is Monday, Tuesday, etc. and is absolutely not correct.

We used to celebrate Washington and Lincoln's birthdays separately. They are a week apart. It was changed to President's Day on a Monday to make it easier for the government to grant it as a federal holiday.

I frankly would prefer that we do that with Independence Day and New Year's Day. They should be Friday or Saturday so I can get some sleep before work on Monday without fireworks going off at all hours of the day, night, and early morning.

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Reefer-eyed_Beans t1_ja55o6l wrote

They def don't occur on the same day of the year lmao. Wtf are you smoking?

One is in July and the other's in October. "Day of the week" is indeed correct--where are you getting this confidence to say it's "absolutely not correct"..?? This year they're both on Tuesday.

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r1ng_0 t1_ja56wy8 wrote

Well, shit. I forgot about leap years. Without that, July 4th would always be the 185th day of the year.

I think my biggest issue was that this post clarifies the wording on a previous post by stating it in an even more obtuse manner.

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redditorihardlynoher t1_ja5avjo wrote

They don't occur on the same day of the week, did you even get past basic algebra in high school?

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BlueSpeedMouse17 OP t1_ja5c1vs wrote

If July 4th falls on a certain day of the week, Halloween (October 31st) will fall on that same day of the week in a given year. This works because July and October have the same number of days, that being 31. Check them both in a calendar. They line up the same way Christmas and New Year's Day line up, except they're further apart.

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redditorihardlynoher t1_ja5ci4a wrote

Well shit, I apologize I'm wrong. You apparently got an A in finite math and college. I see it now. I originally thought you meant they both fell in the same day of the week year in year out. Not actually together.

It reads slightly confusing.

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thegreatone0381 t1_ja5r96g wrote

Haha I figured this out the year my son was born. My birthday, and my oldest son's birthday fall on the same day of the week as Halloween and the fourth of July as well. On non leap year's like this one, so does Valentine's and my dad's birthday.

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LazerWolfe53 t1_ja5xrof wrote

They are either 7 days apart, or 14, or 21, or 28, or 35, ect.

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EvilFairyPrincess91 t1_ja61dak wrote

This happens with a lot of dates. My birthday, my grandmother's birthday, and my boyfriend's birthday always end up being the same day of the week. The only time that it doesn't happen is when there is a leap year. It throws it off just for my birthday, but then everything goes back to the same day after that.

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-DethLok- t1_ja6lnpo wrote

Isn't there an USA reddit that this belongs in?

Because no-one else celebrates 4th July (unless it's their birthday) and halloween is ... again, meh? Just an excuse for the shopping megamarts to try to sell more crap to gullible idiots?

I get that if 4th July is a Thursday then so is All Hallow's Eve (not that I've checked on this at all) but... yeah, nice, for the tiny fraction of humanity that celebrates both of these, well done now go away...

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