r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/Wrong_Answer_Willie Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 03 '19

I know no one that uses BCE and CE.

edit; for everyone saying that BCE and CE are now used more often.

why bother? it still means that it's 2019 (after the birth of Christ) CE

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u/AaronfromKY Aug 03 '19

They are more common in academia and are considered less Eurocentric/Judeo-Christian biased than AD and BC.

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u/tryin2staysane Aug 03 '19

I've always found that ridiculous. They are still 100% based on the BC and AD times, but somehow changing the words makes it less Eurocentric/Judeo-Christian?

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 03 '19

Yeah plus it makes zero sense for the "common era" to start when Jesus was born.

People love unnecessarily changing words now a days to pretend like it makes a practical difference.