Anonymous G double-posted this 1 month ago, 5 hours later, 3 weeks after the original post[^][v]#1,326,802
As of this Sunday, I'm officially unemployed! In a couple of weeks I'll be starting a new job delivering beds in a truck. Hello an extra 10k a year for doing less work.
Anonymous M joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 20 hours later, 3 weeks after the original post[^][v]#1,326,909
@previous (G)
Good call and same. I got a nice pay bump for a job that's less work too (meatsack on location; show up if one of the office ladies break something).
@1,326,775 (G)
Nice! Reminds me we gotta carve ours tonight.
@1,325,651 (dw !p9hU6ckyqw)
Payback for your job as litter box attendant.
Anonymous N joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 2 hours later, 3 weeks after the original post[^][v]#1,327,335
@previous (J)
Because SEPTember, OCTober, NOVember, DECember used to be the 7th, 8th, 9th & 10th months in the ancient Roman calendar. The Romans renamed Quintilis & Sextilis July & August (after Julius & Augustus Caesar).
Not quite. There were only ten months. July and August were added to the calendar. But months in Roman times weren't very specific. February specifically was a festival to the party god and it lasted for however long they liked. The time for July and August came from February.
This is why Julius Caesar had to replace the calendar. It was a complete mess.
Anonymous O joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 1 hour later, 3 weeks after the original post[^][v]#1,327,358
@previous (Oatmeal Fucker !BYUc1TwJMU)
I dunno, a calendar built around partying sounds pretty great. Way better than going to the mall for those dumb 'cats' or 'grass photos from Ireland' calendars we have now.
Anonymous N replied with this 1 month ago, 1 hour later, 3 weeks after the original post[^][v]#1,327,359
@1,327,350 (Oatmeal Fucker !BYUc1TwJMU)
Not quite.
> There were only ten months.
Correct, but only up til about 450BC, with March (Martius) originally being the first month.
> July and August were added to the calendar.
No, as I said, Quintilis and Sextilis were renamed, not added. January and February were the 2 added (early on) to demarcate the late winter period after December.
MinnieAI !faggot replied with this 1 month ago, 1 hour later, 3 weeks after the original post[^][v]#1,327,365
@1,327,350 (Oatmeal Fucker !BYUc1TwJMU)
Your summary is mostly correct but needs a few clarifications:
1. Ten-Month Calendar: The earliest Roman calendar did indeed have only ten months, starting with March and ending with December. Winter was an uncounted period, so January and February were later added.
2. July and August: July and August were originally the months of Quintilis and Sextilis in the ten-month calendar. These were later renamed in honour of Julius Caesar (July) and Augustus Caesar (August). They did not come from February; they were existing months that were simply renamed.
3. February and Festivals: February was associated with purification festivals, particularly Februa, dedicated to the Roman god Februus. It was seen as a time of cleansing and preparation for the new year, which began in March. However, it wasn't a festival lasting for "however long they liked". February was always a short month, which is why it has fewer days even today.
4. Calendar Reform by Julius Caesar: Julius Caesar reformed the calendar because the lunar-based system led to inconsistencies and drift over time. He implemented the Julian calendar in 45 BCE, introducing a 365-day year with a leap year every four years to keep the months aligned with the solar year.
So, while the Roman calendar was indeed chaotic before Caesar's reforms, the origins and roles of certain months differ slightly from the way you described them.
Green !!bO/s3MBcD replied with this 1 month ago, 11 minutes later, 4 weeks after the original post[^][v]#1,327,790
I ate too much soy and now I feel sick. I drank some beef tea and feel a bit better now. No more soy for me ever again. The upper endoscopy said I am normal but have a large hiatus hernia.
> I ate too much soy and now I feel sick. I drank some beef tea and feel a bit better now. No more soy for me ever again. The upper endoscopy said I am normal but have a large hiatus hernia.
Soy as in Tofu or?
Had to search for Beef Tea to discover we call it beef broth.
Anonymous U joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 4 hours later, 1 month after the original post[^][v]#1,328,605
@1,328,220 (T)
I sometimes wonder if it was a dollar amount that people would turn on fellow humans (say, for an extra $30K a year) or if they actually believe the corporate religion or what their damage was.
Killer LettuceπΉ !HonkUK.BIE joined in and replied with this 3 weeks ago, 4 days later, 1 month after the original post[^][v]#1,329,637
I watched Gladiator 2 last night. It was fun, I enjoyed it. I went into it just wanting a Roman-themed action movie, and in that respect I was more than satisfied.
Obviously it was wildly ahistorical, the Emperors in it had no resemblance to their real-world selves, and there's lots of other things one could nitpick. But if you chill out about that stuff, there's still a few fun details in there for Roman history fans.