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Pet Peeves@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months ago

When people joke that people born on leap years are actually a younger age, for example, a 20 year old saying they're really 5 because they've only had five birthdays

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When people joke that people born on leap years are actually a younger age, for example, a 20 year old saying they're really 5 because they've only had five birthdays

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Pet Peeves@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months ago

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Your age is the number of full rotations the earth has made around the sun since your birth! The earth isn’t moving slower for you because you were born on a leap day!

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Yes, that does appear to be a pet peeve fit for the community’s description. Downvoters are being online incorrectly.

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