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A tweet by Ivanka Trump @ivankatrump saying “I cannot believe that Theodore is eight months old today! Happy birthday little teddy bear!” with an admittedly cute picture of a child smiling. It has a reply from @blacknmild saying “this isn’t how birthdays work”

  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    That’s stupid and makes no sense.

    I celebrate every occasion that the child’s age doubles, starting from the first second.

    • doctordevice@lemmy.ca
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      18 hours ago

      Curiosity triggered. Ignoring leap years because it only changes the days a little at the end:

      • Second doublings (6): 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, 32s
      • Minute doublings (6): 1:04, 2:08, 4:16, 8:32, 17:04, 34:08
      • Hour doublings (5): 1:08:16, 2:16:32, 4:33:04, 9:06:08, 18:12:16

      Day doublings (8):

      • 1d 12:24:32
      • 3d 00:49:04
      • 6d 01:38:08
      • 12d 03:16:16
      • 24d 06:32:32
      • 48d 13:05:04
      • 97d 02:10:08
      • 194d 04:20:16

      ⬆️ 27 celebrations in first year of life | up to 7 celebrations past first year ⬇️

      • 1y 23d 08:40:32
      • 2y 46d 17:21:04
      • 4y 93d 10:42:08
      • 8y 186d 21:24:16
      • 17y 8d 18:48:32
      • 34y 17d 13:37:04
      • 68y 35d 03:14:08
      • definitely dead
      • 136y 70d 06:28:16
      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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        16 hours ago

        See? Much more sensible. You get loads of front-loaded precious moments, and then some very relevant milestones later on in life, only requiring about one third of the overall celebrations!