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A lot of 45 year olds today
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I suspect it's more that we have a bunch of users that only want to specify the year of their birth and not their birth date.
Those of us in this generation (myself included) are usually referred to as Generation X.
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Those of us in this generation (myself included) are usually referred to as Generation X.
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Being born in 1980 I consider myself in Gen X. But there seems to be some debate about when the generation ends and when Gen Y starts.
Yeah, I've seen it vary too, and it kind of depends on who is talking about it and what they define it as. Not a big deal to me really.
Yes, I have just noticed an astonishing number of people who appear to have birthdays today at the bottom of the MR page
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Me thinks Jan 1st 1970 is the most common birthday to input while registering on a message board.
Me thinks Jan 1st 1970 is the most common birthday to input while registering on a message board.
This is it. Lots of people just pick a date instead of their real birthdate when registering. I can't remember if old versions of vBulletin used to have a date already listed (January 1) expecting people to change it to their birthdate but most people never did.
Me thinks Jan 1st 1970 is the most common birthday to input while registering on a message board.
Ah, that makes sense - I did wonder about both the date and the year.
Me thinks Jan 1st 1970 is the most common birthday to input while registering on a message board.
I often use April 1st. I'd be a fool not to.
Haha
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Glitch in the birthday system or just a bunch of baby boomers.
zomg! iPH0NE 3GS is 110!
Me thinks Jan 1st 1970 is the most common birthday to input while registering on a message board.
It's also the beginning of Unix time (which was also a Thursday). I wonder if that's the issue here.
This little glitch seems to be present for January 2nd, now, as well.
It seems to be a glitch which applies to those who did not register a year of birth - who have been assigned an age of 45. Others whose birthdays are January 2, and who have clearly indicated their actual year of birth, seem to be listed under their correct age.
It seems to be a glitch which applies to those who did not register a year of birth - who have been assigned an age of 45. Others whose birthdays are January 2, and who have clearly indicated their actual year of birth, seem to be listed under their correct age.
Funny thing is, though I'm a fairly regular visitor to MR, I don't seem to recognize even one single username in that lengthy list…..
We get a lot of users that post only once or twice and then never again. So, it doesn't surprise me one bit.
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Interesting, the question now is why 45? Was the programmer born 1970? or did the site wanted to reflect a specific age range (at the time) to make it more appealing to the average demographic at the time? easter egg!
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