✍ Seventh Letter

[fuckilovebooks]

In the interest of correcting some misinformation, leap day actually happens because it actually takes slightly longer than 365 days for the earth to fully orbit the sun. Without the addition of an extra day every four years, the calendar would eventually slip out of sync with the seasons. In fact, the current Gregorian calendar was designed to keep the date of Easter correct with respect to the vernal equinox.

Interestingly enough, although leap years usually occur in any year that is divisible by four, years that are evenly divisible by 100 but not by 400 are not leap years. Just to keep everything even.

Now, isn't that much more interesting?

Comments

[stagefrightened]

Not exactly as... "Interesting", but it's accurate. That's good.

[fuckilovebooks]

Of course it's interesting! The things that humans do to organize nature to their own standards are fascinating!

[stagefrightened]

When you put it that way, it is kind of neat...

[fuckilovebooks]

Isn't it? Humans have been studying the universe for almost as long as we've been around.

[stagefrightened]

I guess we just naturally want to learn, huh?

[fuckilovebooks]

Yes, exactly!

[stagefrightened]

And you're a particularly good example of that.

[elphaba_thropp]

Thank goodness someone knows what they're talking about.

[fuckilovebooks]

I'm sure most people must know by now that Yancy is only making these things up, but I don't want to run the risk of having some gullible first years believing him.

[clockspinner]

wow way to suck the fun out of the day
whats the point of days that only come around every so often if you cant use them to fuck with younger kids
and the extremely gullible

[fuckilovebooks]

I won't be responsible for the ignorance of the younger generation.

[rainbowdashed]

You need to get out more, Twilight.

[fuckilovebooks]

What for?

LET'S PRETEND THIS ISN'T CENTURIES LATE?

[yourseoulmate]

Twilight, has anyone ever told you that you're where joy goes to die?

[fuckilovebooks]

Not everyone thinks deliberately misleading young people is funny.

[yourseoulmate]

Misleading?? I prefer to think of it as expanding their minds to unique new possibilities.

[fuckilovebooks]

By giving them false information?

[yourseoulmate]

Have you ever heard of the theory of of multiple universes, Twilight?

[fuckilovebooks]

Why don't you get in touch with this universe first?

[yourseoulmate]

That's so closed-minded! I can't help it if my discoverer's spirit is so expansive that this universe just can't contain it all!

[fuckilovebooks]

There's plenty enough to discover in this universe as it is.

[yourseoulmate]

Maybe I've already got this universe alllll figured out.

You could learn a lot from me, you know!

[fuckilovebooks]

Then why aren't you applying that knowledge in a practical way? Surely someone who has everything all figured out could do a lot of good in this world.