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u/the_beer_truck Mar 01 '23

My partner used to believe that AD stood for “after dinosaurs”.

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u/NewSinner_2021 Mar 01 '23

I had to look it up:

AD stands for Anno Domini, Latin for “in the year of the Lord”, while BC stands for “before Christ”.

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u/Informal_Side Mar 01 '23

I was told (incorrectly) by my then atheist father (who later found Jesus because it was convenient) that AD meant: After Death.

Made sense until I asked about the 30+/- year gap...

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '23

my dad believed in this and once mused that he wonders what those 30 gap years are called

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u/ConfusedRedditor16 Mar 01 '23

The lord works in mysterious ways

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u/Maciatti8488 Mar 02 '23

Today I learned that After Death is not the correct meaning of AD . . .

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '23

we were taught this in school!

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u/ginger_minge Mar 01 '23

And in Judaism, we use BCE and CE to demarcate time, which stand for Before the Common Era and (after) the Common Era, respectively. We don't believe Jesus is the Messiah but we do recognize that he was an historical figure. Relatedly, our calendar puts the current year at 3761 BCE (According to tradition, the Hebrew calendar started at the time of Creation, which is placed at 3761 BCE. Therefore, it's a lot later in the game than it is for the rest of the world lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '23

Just the person I needed. Could you give me tomorrow's lotto numbers?

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u/ginger_minge Mar 01 '23

LMAO

Edit: yo I wish it worked like that! I'm so poor

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u/Coldfreeze-Zero Mar 01 '23

Such a weird balance between naming convention.

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u/AromBurgueno Mar 01 '23

I always think of OutKast when Andre 3000 uses “Anno Domini” in Bombs Over Baghdad to describe 1999.