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− | This was the first of two [[:Category:New Year|New Year comics]] around the 2019-2020 New Year | + | {{incomplete|Created by an OFF-BY-ONE ERROR - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
+ | This was the first of two [[:Category:New Year|New Year comics]] around the 2019-2020 New Year. | ||
An easy way to determine someone's age is to subtract their birth year from the current year. However, if their birthday has not happened yet that year, this calculation will predict them to be a year older than they actually are. By {{w|New Year's Eve}}, everybody's birthday has happened that year (or ''is'' happening, but legitimately tallied up), so this error will not occur. [[Cueball]] is excited by this, whereas most people would be more excited by the parties that typically occur around New Year's. | An easy way to determine someone's age is to subtract their birth year from the current year. However, if their birthday has not happened yet that year, this calculation will predict them to be a year older than they actually are. By {{w|New Year's Eve}}, everybody's birthday has happened that year (or ''is'' happening, but legitimately tallied up), so this error will not occur. [[Cueball]] is excited by this, whereas most people would be more excited by the parties that typically occur around New Year's. | ||
− | + | In the title text, Cueball suggests a New Year's Eve party with the theme of "off-by-one errors", saying it's challenging but that he's heard of worse themes. No information is given as to what such a party theme would entail, nor what could possibly be a worse party theme. (On the other hand, the parties depicted in [[51: Malaria]] and [[829: Arsenic-Based Life]], based on themes of disease and poison, respectively, look much worse than an "off-by-one errors" party would likely be.) | |
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− | In the title text, Cueball suggests a New Year's Eve party with the theme of "off-by-one errors", saying it's challenging | ||
The idea of off-by-one errors for a New Year's Eve party is inspired by the numerous discussions about the time when the next decade starts, whether 2020 or 2021. [[2249: I Love the 20s]] also treats the subject directly. | The idea of off-by-one errors for a New Year's Eve party is inspired by the numerous discussions about the time when the next decade starts, whether 2020 or 2021. [[2249: I Love the 20s]] also treats the subject directly. |