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July and August aren’t real months. It’s supposed to be September 1st today but the Roman Empire fucked up the order.

The names for November and December come from the numbers 9 and 10. Whoever fucked that up should be stabbed.

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This is sad. The history and science (and even politics, sadly) behind the origin of our calendar is fascinating. Read Thomas Kuhn.

The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought https://a.co/d/07XkI3ik

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions https://a.co/d/02PjNyMJ

they shoulda done this, then?

1: January

2: February

3: March

4: April

5: May

6: June

7: SEPTEMber

8: OCTOber

9: NOVEMber

10: DECEMber

11: July

12: August

This. Or replace the last two with completely different names.

I’m good with Elevendy and Dozember. And while we’re at it can we change the spelling of February?

DO. IT.