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		noSyncCloud on Sept 29, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lua, a Misunderstood Language (2021) To be fair, this is also a matter of culture and convention. > - In Korea, you are already one year old when you are born. > - In Korea, you "age" a year every New Year rather than on your birthday https://www.omnicalculator.com/everyday-life/korean-age#:~:t....

hotdamnson on Sept 29, 2022 | [–]

If the Korean child is born on the 31st of December at 23:59 it will be 2 years old and 2 minutes old at the same time.

colinb on Sept 30, 2022 | | [–]

that's interesting. How do they figure out school cohorts with such a system?

claudiawerner on Sept 29, 2022 | [–]

So if you're born on the 31st of January, you're two years old one day later?

hotdamnson on Sept 29, 2022 | [–]

December* and yes

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