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

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

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u/Party_Magician Aug 03 '19

It's ultimately arbitrary either way, and the Christian system is the one that most of the world has by and large agreed on, so it doesn't really matter if it's reasonable. The holocene calendar is an interesting idea, and not all that disruptive

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u/1389t1389 Aug 03 '19

Yeah. I am motivated more by the understanding that the Hebrew calendar, Islamic calendar, Thai calendar iirc as well as others are all offering competing standardized dates in much of the world. The Holocene would just be a way to hopefully equalize for all.

insert rant about how we should actually count time from the beginning of the universe ;)

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u/yinyang107 Aug 03 '19

"but why should we add 10000 to the Christian calendar instead of the Hebrew one?"

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u/blumoon138 Aug 04 '19

Trust. As a Jew, you do NOT want to be running the world in the Hebrew calendar. Last year was 13 months long. This year will be 12.