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It's the End of the World As We Know It....
At least some people seem to think so.
I'm sure most of us have heard of the change in the zodiac signs thanks to the earth's wobble. The thing is, some people are just freaking out about it and having identity crises. Jesus Christ people, it's just the constellation that was up when your were born. I've heard of people having less of a reaction to fiding out that they were adopted. Technically now, I am a Capricorn, but you know what? I've been an Aquarius my whole life, and I'm not about to change it. Don't like it? Tough.
If this is how people react to the change in their zodiac, how are they going to react if their date of birth gets skipped the next time we have the adjust the calendar? Thanks to the average length of a Earth year (365.24218967 days or, if you prefer, 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 45.1875 seconds) it is impossible to have an exact calendar. The fact that the Earth has a tendancy to wobble on its orbit doesn't help either. (Which is why I have an impossible time grasping it when people say the Mayans had an exact calendar. How?) Needless to say, I think people's reactions will be interesting, amusing, and irritating as hell. We shall see.
I'm sure most of us have heard of the change in the zodiac signs thanks to the earth's wobble. The thing is, some people are just freaking out about it and having identity crises. Jesus Christ people, it's just the constellation that was up when your were born. I've heard of people having less of a reaction to fiding out that they were adopted. Technically now, I am a Capricorn, but you know what? I've been an Aquarius my whole life, and I'm not about to change it. Don't like it? Tough.
If this is how people react to the change in their zodiac, how are they going to react if their date of birth gets skipped the next time we have the adjust the calendar? Thanks to the average length of a Earth year (365.24218967 days or, if you prefer, 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 45.1875 seconds) it is impossible to have an exact calendar. The fact that the Earth has a tendancy to wobble on its orbit doesn't help either. (Which is why I have an impossible time grasping it when people say the Mayans had an exact calendar. How?) Needless to say, I think people's reactions will be interesting, amusing, and irritating as hell. We shall see.