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A'cupple of Satchel Paige quotes: "I've said it once and I'll say it a hundred times, I'm forty-four years old". ...and "How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are"?
It is REALLY simple, when you are X it has been X years since you popped out of Mom. You do not count the day you were born OR gestation.
I agree. Most (if not all) western cultures begin the count at the completion of the first year. However, as I mentioned earlier, there are cultures that technically begin the count at birth, although I can't recall anyone ever descrbing a 6-month-old baby as being one year old. Such babies are described as being X days old, X weeks old, or X months old. The idea being that following birth (and for the next 12 months) is considered as the 1st year.
Sure they were, some wanted to add a year, some wanted to subtract one, guess it is you that needs to read the thread.
It is REALLY simple, when you are X it has been X years since you popped out of Mom. You do not count the day you were born OR gestation.
You just aren't understanding the thread. There is a discussion of Xth birthday. Not age. Age seems to be clear to everyone here. You might want to work on your reading comprehension.
You just aren't understanding the thread. There is a discussion of Xth birthday. Not age. Age seems to be clear to everyone here. You might want to work on your reading comprehension.
The OP was clearly talking about age. While the day you were born is your birth day (the day of your birth), you aren't 1 on the day you were born. It can only be regarded as beginning the first year. At the completion of the first year (an anniversary), you are 1 and only beginning the 2nd year and so on. Birthdays represent the number of years that have actually been completed, although there are some cultures that begin the count at the time of your birth. You can only have one birth day, but you can have numerous birthdays. To count the day you were born in terms of counting years would mean you'd have to be born every year.
The OP was clearly talking about age. While the day you were born is your birth day (the day of your birth), you aren't 1 on the day you were born. It can only be regarded as beginning the first year. At the completion of the first year (an anniversary), you are 1 and only beginning the 2nd year and so on. Birthdays represent the number of years that have actually been completed, although there are some cultures that begin the count at the time of your birth. You can only have one birth day, but you can have numerous birthdays. To count the day you were born in terms of counting years would mean you'd have to be born every year.
Fair enough, I got sidetracked by the side conversation. Trackwatch is correct.
There are a few new twists in this idea, now with the redstaters coming up with their "personhood" laws to enable them to execute homicidal women who use birth control.
If personhood begins at conception, would that not cast the whole concept of "birth" into doubt as being the beginning of one's life? In order to comply with the ramifications of Personhood at Conception, everyone is really nine months older than they think they are.
To further complicate matters, anchor babies would need to be deemed American citizens according to what country they were in at the time they were conceived, instead of birthed. No wonder the redstaters are so aggressively attacking the Fourteenth Amendment and screaming for its repeal. And they can demand proof that Obama was conceived in Hawaii.
Age is merely an indicator of your frustration with humanity. Don't believe that? In a year, the earth orbits the sun once. The technical definition of being 65 is that you have gone around in circles 64 times and are starting on your 65th.
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