This one really did happen in the shower.

  • spongebue@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    I’ve heard about the “Korean age” where everyone is 1 at birth and gains a year at the same time on New Year’s. Seems wacky until you think of it as how many calendar years you’ve been alive for. I mean, it’s still odd but not as bad

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      8 days ago

      Indeed! And it gets even weirder:

      A person is allowed tobacco and alcohol if it is after January 1 of the year one turns 19 (post-birth age). This is the “year age”, which is basically (Korean age – 1), or when a person’s Korean age is 20.

      Ha! Thanx for the insight.