Why My Birthday is Better than Yours: A Scientific Study
I'm sorry, I don't make the rules.
You're fine if it ends with 2,4,6, or 8.
It's even better if it ends with 5, or 0.
That's definitely NOT because my birthday is on the 30th. Definitely not.
See, it's kind of a personal bias but not really, it's that same logic that dictates we increase or decrease our television volume to a number divisible by either 5 or 2. Any other number just feels weird.
My mother and I were having a conversation about the same today and she TOTALLY disagreed with me. That's obviously because she was born on the 17th.
Super illogical of her, after all, there's even a psychological reason behind it, and after hours (5 minutes) of researching, I found it-
Our number system is based on these:
The fact that we have multiples of 10 (ie: when counting generally, we use 0-10 or 10-20, etc instead of 0-18 or 18-28, etc)
Is because of these lovely body parts.
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We are inundated from birth with multiples of 5 and 10, so by the time we set our own alarm or weigh stuff, this is so well established in our heads, you can't undo it.
See also-
Odd Numbers, especially prime numbers aren't welcome by humans.
Friday the 13th in the U.S.A
The unlucky number 17 in India etc.
It has to do with the fact that they are prime numbers. Something about them is just off. They aren't divisible by any number which makes them goofy and uncomfortable.
Also, the human brain tries to round off as many times as possible.
People would rather say that the volume was 15 or 20 instead of 13 or 17.
Ever been late and said, "Please give me 13.23 more minutes?" No, right? We say "give me 10 more minutes, 5 more minutes" etc.
So, therefore, with the scientific method, I have proven that my birthday is better than yours.
Huh, what a random thing to think about on this random Thursday afternoon.
(Heh, I used 'random' twice and I'm too lazy to search up some synonym for 'random' right now and replace one of the 'randoms' with a synonym for 'random'.)
(Here, I very excellently and sublimely demonstrate how to repeat a word 5 times.)
This was my aim all along. In fact, this whole birthday date rant was just an excuse to use the word 'random' 5 times!... Well, 6 times now.
Welp, you just learned a new random fact and I finally wrote something.
Xoxo
FicGuru
So, therefore, with the scientific method, I have proven that my birthday is better than yours.
Huh, what a random thing to think about on this random Thursday afternoon.
(Heh, I used 'random' twice and I'm too lazy to search up some synonym for 'random' right now and replace one of the 'randoms' with a synonym for 'random'.)
(Here, I very excellently and sublimely demonstrate how to repeat a word 5 times.)
This was my aim all along. In fact, this whole birthday date rant was just an excuse to use the word 'random' 5 times!... Well, 6 times now.
Welp, you just learned a new random fact and I finally wrote something.
Xoxo
FicGuru
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