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james123abcd t1_j9o7yet wrote

Reply to comment by PatiThePurplePenguin in [WP] You live in a world where the normal life expectancy is 32 and people start dying of old age after 40. One day, you find out that people used to live more than 100 years. by aciakatura

So if my math of 365* 4 *persons age on this calendar then divided by 365 to get it back into our years that would make the daughter 16 and the mum 100 I think

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PatiThePurplePenguin t1_j9rpdj4 wrote

So, my thought process with this is Mom actually is 25 and daughter is 4. This takes place in an imaginary future where people usually only live, on average, to 32, but 40 tops. Someone from that time found Queen Elizabeth II’s grave and thought there is NO WAY anyone could live 96 years. They figured that our year must either not mean 365 1/4 days (which it does, the fraction next to the number means to add the fraction to the number. Another way of writing this is 365.25) or that Elizabeth was two people. I hope that makes sense:) I am kinda rambling here and in the story within my own imagination:/

I had the idea because there are ancient records, including the Bible, that record people living a CRAZY amount of time in ancient times. Some people think that these aren’t actually years. Others think that it might be 2 people, and there are other theories, of course. I don’t know near enough to have my own opinion. I just find it fascinating:)

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james123abcd t1_j9st433 wrote

“didn't mean the same thing as our 365 1/4 day year” oh ok I just thought that this was a twist where it turns out they just measure age differently and I was thinking that there was no actual physical description of the daughter. Sorry

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