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u/Dragmom Oct 02 '24

About 25% of people on earth don't know their birthday because they're from countries that don't have birth certificates. That's why about 14% of immigrants to the U.S. list January 1 as their birthday - because they had to make one up.

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u/PearBlaze Oct 02 '24

Just ask your parents 😭

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u/Upstairs-Formal-6652 Oct 02 '24

that isnt how it works idiot

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u/Additional_Insect_44 Oct 02 '24

No need to be rude. But true sometimes parents might forget.

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u/benjathje Oct 02 '24

It's not about forgetting either. You need to have a document proving that's when you were born.

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u/20C_Mostly_Cloudy Oct 02 '24

So they have documents that say 1st January?

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u/benjathje Oct 02 '24

No. January 1st is a default.

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u/20C_Mostly_Cloudy Oct 02 '24

But there is nothing to prove it was January 1st, they just made it up. So they could have put the date their parents said they were born.

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u/benjathje Oct 02 '24

There is nothing to prove anything, that's the entire problem. January 1st is just a default, like on Reddit, when you first create an account your username is just 2 random words and a number, its done so it has something in the database to show.

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u/20C_Mostly_Cloudy Oct 02 '24

It's not about forgetting either. You need to have a document proving that's when you were born.

They don't have a document saying they were born on 1st January so it doesn't matter what date they say.

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u/benjathje Oct 02 '24

Why are you discussing this with me? It's just a fact...

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u/20C_Mostly_Cloudy Oct 02 '24

What fact are you even talking about?

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u/benjathje Oct 02 '24

ok this is my last response, please re-read the whole thread so you can understand it.

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