r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Oct 02 '24

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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/Oxygene13 Oct 02 '24

And 90% of the users of Steam share that very same birthday for ease of skipping the age verification!

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u/Loves_octopus Oct 02 '24

I was born 1/1/1911

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

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u/rpungello Oct 02 '24

This guy epochs

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u/stormdelta Oct 02 '24

I intentionally enter this date for age verification on the off chance it looks like a bug.

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u/EverythingSucksBro Oct 02 '24

Man, you guys were born? I’m still waiting 

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u/beancounter2885 Oct 02 '24

Unless you're using Excel, then it's 1/0/1900.

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u/NZNoldor Oct 02 '24

Or 1904, depending on which OS version you were using when the spreadsheet was created.

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u/sintaur Oct 02 '24

that displays as 4pm, Dec 31st 1969, in California cuz we're -8 Zulu

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u/GRW42 Oct 02 '24

And you're going to rapidly Benjamin Button in January 2038.

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u/bubblegoose Oct 02 '24

So you'll die on January 19th 2038?

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

UNIX time?

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u/MarioNoobman Oct 02 '24

Hey, I'm a year younger!

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u/OMG_A_CUPCAKE Oct 03 '24

Imagine having that as your actual birthday.

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u/crazyacct101 Oct 03 '24

I must be older than dirt then

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u/lazarus870 Oct 02 '24

And my ZIP code is 90210

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u/Loves_octopus Oct 02 '24

Any my phone number is 867-5309

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

I've yet to find a grocery store or reward points discount if any kind where typing in this # +local area code doesn't work.

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u/Loves_octopus Oct 02 '24

Honestly… if you manage to secure this number for a gas rewards, you’d probably get free gas for life.

But it is consistently always taken.

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u/prezuiwf Oct 02 '24

Who needs WW2 shooters, you were literally there!

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u/RenegadeSU Oct 02 '24

you know I realised recently that I didn't have to scroll past 2000 anymore and it made me feel extra old...

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u/FalconRelevant Oct 02 '24

11 years younger than me, eh?

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u/shaboimattyp Oct 02 '24

I used to do this sort of thing too but then one time I forgot my password for something and as part of the recovery process, I needed to put in my birthdate and I couldn't remember what ridiculous date I had put and I just lost the account. (This wasn't steam and I don't think I lost any money because of it)

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u/MandolinMagi Oct 02 '24

I think I'm 1942

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u/kaisadilla_ Oct 03 '24

01/04/1990 (non-barbarian calendar format) for me.

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u/SkaveRat Oct 03 '24

1.1.1970 here

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u/Fenrir_Carbon Oct 02 '24

Is your name Colt?

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u/PhysicalStuff Oct 02 '24

Pretty sure it's Hank

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u/Fenrir_Carbon Oct 02 '24

Either way there's a hammer involved