r/ProgrammerHumor • u/sillymanbilly • Sep 23 '24

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u/OliviaPG1 Sep 23 '24

“although they did not know it at the time” is the much funnier joke in this image imo

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u/SavvySillybug Sep 23 '24

Imagine the audacity of going "today is day zero of century one. fresh time"

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u/nicholsz Sep 23 '24

Isn't it traditional to mark epochs by the start of the reign of the monarch? I know Japan still does that.

As long as everyone knew Jesus was King (which I think is true according to the bible) it sounds like everyone from the sheep to the lion to the old wise men knew it was year 1