Is it true?

This popped up on my FB feed and you guys are the largest sample of people I know so, tell me if it works for you.

Your age this year. 

Plus the year of your birth.

Equals 2018.

Apparently it only happens every 1000 years. 

Ummmmmmmm.......... yeah. It should. If it didn't that would likely cause more problems IMO.

It only equals X018 every thousand years.

Next year it will equal X019, and again happen only once in a thousand years.

The year after that, it will equal X020... and not again for another thousand years.

Freaky!

But what if my birthday hasn't happened yet...

Toyman01 said:

This popped up on my FB feed and you guys are the largest sample of people I know so, tell me if it works for you.

Your age this year. 

Plus the year of your birth.

Equals 2018.

Apparently it only happens every 1000 years. 

 

Technically, it's far more rare than that- it will only be 2018 once EVER (for one year).  

And it will be 2019 next year just for the one year, ever.  While it seems that once ever 1000 years is a long time, once ever is far more rare in the context of the age of the universe.

Oh, and one more thing, if you want that sum to be exactly the year- the time is only good for your birthday until Dec 31.  So if you want the number to be the same as the year- so in this case 2018, and you were born on 12/31, you get just one single day where your age + your birth year = 2018 = that calendar year.  

So, the year I was born plus the number of years I’ve been alive equals the current year?

Astounding!

Did you bring enough of whatever you’re drinking to share with the rest of us?  lol!!

Duh. I can't believe I did that. 

I blame lack of sugar in my coffee this morning. The brain is a little fogged up from lack of carbs for the past few days. Like from lots to under 30 grams. 

I'll admit that I put it into my desk calculator before my brain said, "yes, that is how math works."

In reply to dculberson :

Me too.

worked for me.    Yay!

So I put aside my disbelief and tried. I ended up with 42. 

bobzilla said:

So I put aside my disbelief and tried. I ended up with 42. 

Right... next you'll tell me the mice are experimenting on US! 

But what if you were born on a leap day??

What if we can't remember how old we are this year? 

In reply to pinchvalve :

Take the current year minus your birth year to get your age. Then you can try the original equation and see if it works...

In reply to SVreX :   My wife told me this statement and I said the same thing  

What makes y'all think it can be 2018 only once?  Just off the top of my head, the Greeks, Romans, and Jews have already had a 2018, while the Islamic world is closing in on it a year at a time, so they'll have one after the one we're in now.

And I hope I don't have to mention the Mayans.

Robbie said:

But what if my birthday hasn't happened yet...

Exactly.  I get 2017

It’s twu, it’s twu!!

Ian F said:

bobzilla said:

So I put aside my disbelief and tried. I ended up with 42. 

Right... next you'll tell me the mice are experimenting on US! 

Just make sure you have your towel. 

wait...I added it up and only got 42....

Is that right?

One more reason I'm glad I refuse Facebook. 

T.J. said:

One more reason I'm glad I refuse Facebook. 

You are missing out of a chance to laugh at a lot of people. 

So, what you are saying is, if you add the year of your birth to your age on December 31, those two numbers add up to this year?  Huh.  Never would have guessed that...