Submitted by TheHiveminder t3_z4fajp in todayilearned
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Landlubber77 t1_ixqkq80 wrote
Might as well be 642,000⁷, all this time shit is made up.
AudibleNod t1_ixql43i wrote
Every year is 42069, man. Every. Year.
Landlubber77 t1_ixqldr6 wrote
ItsaCommonThingNow t1_ixqm342 wrote
Well I mean, time still passes at the same rate no matter where you are on earth so I guess it's not really that big of a deal
pete1901 t1_ixqmgy8 wrote
Given how mountainous Nepal is and the effects of gravitational time dilation, time actually passes slightly faster in Nepal than in lower lying countries.
I'll show myself out...
ItsaCommonThingNow t1_ixqmjvz wrote
No no, you have a point. But what's the time difference?
pete1901 t1_ixqmsau wrote
Absolutely negligible. We're talking fractions of a nano second per year.
Deathdar1577 t1_ixqnmp2 wrote
Well tell me the price of Bitcoin then.
TheHiveminder OP t1_ixqv71m wrote
Why didn't you warn us about 9/11? Bruh
A_Stupid_Fish29 t1_ixr0tna wrote
That was 565 years ago.
maxpowrrr t1_ixr51l7 wrote
Exactly i wasn't born yet
Taken450 t1_ixre2f3 wrote
Reddit discovers calendars are arbitrary
variablefighter_vf-1 t1_ixrkh24 wrote
Wait... so Cyberpunk 2077 released in 2077 in Nepal?
alienwebmaster t1_ixrvts0 wrote
Other countries have different calendar systems. In China, for example, it’s somewhere in the 4000s. Different cultures have different lengths of history recorded. That may have something to do with it.
kl0 t1_ixsbplo wrote
Well you see, the Mauists started gaining power in the Nepali government in the late 90s (our late 90s). They took to murdering Sherpas in a style similar to Pol Pot and so many of them began fleeing the country. And as it happens, many of them setup shop in Queens.
9/11 had a pretty massive effect on the NY economy in general and so housing prices fell right when the fleeing Nepali Sherpa started arriving.
So you see, it all connects. It was in their interest to stay silent.
GarbageGobble t1_ixsc1ji wrote
Yeah. Two years ago they had it. Now it’s back to normal.
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alienwebmaster t1_ixtfa3u wrote
Another one is the Jewish calendar. Their calendar dates back many years Before the Current Era (“BCE”).
warpus t1_ixtnl4y wrote
Hmm when I landed in Kathmandu in 2017 this is what I saw at the airport
Loved the country! The people are amazing
warpus t1_ixtnqpu wrote
Plus it makes sense that not every culture would adopt Jesus’ birthday as year 0. There’s other religions out there, etc
Arigato_MrRoboto t1_ixqirsy wrote
Aw man, do they have the cool cyberpunk shit?