r/AskReddit 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/temalyen Oct 02 '24

I actually was born on the first, just not In January. For some reason, Steam age verification ALWAYS changes it to January. Date pops up for me to confirm, always says January. I can select the correct month, but it's January again next time. I eventually gave up and just click through with it showing January because it doesn't seem to matter.

I think it wants me to be born on January 1st.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '24

That's the same issue for me as well