Our Calendar Is A Mess. Here's How It Got That Way | Answers With Joe

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It's New Year's Eve, so let's take a look at the calendar, how it got the way it is, and what might make it better.
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[@antonthetrail]

The Revolutionary calendar brought a lot of fun for genealogist researchers, because parents in the 1790s started giving their children names from the new calendar and so you can sometimes come across some people named Radish, Lettuce and so on.

[@viniciusornelas2160]

I like the Unix time

[@masoudhosseini9204]

In Iran, we use solar hijri calendar. It starts on the March equinox and has 12 months. First six months have 31 days, then the following 5 months have 30 days and last month has 29 days except for every four or five years which has 30 days. In our calendar every 3 months fit in a season and new year starts with spring (northern hemisphere) which is beautiful and symbolic.This calendar has an interesting history. Thank you Joe for your informative videos and happy new year to all.

[@leftover7766]

Cool. Somethings are better in other places. Shhh. Don't tell my fellow Americans. It makes them angry. Then they get very shooty. It's like living with addicts. (addicted to oil, alcohol and tv - but that's just me - fail)

[@masoudhosseini9204]

Vikash Verma Yes. Our current calendar starts when prophet Mohammad migrated from one major city to another city in 622 A.D. that’s why it’s called hijri which refers to migration. In 1976, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi changed the origin of the calendar to the beginning of Cyrus the Great's reign as the first year. Overnight, the year changed from 1355 to 2535. The change lasted until the revolution in 1979, at which time the calendar reverted to Solar Hijri. There is also a Jalali calendar which our current calendar is based on. Also there are some other ancient calendars in Iran’s history.

[@joescott]

Same to you! I never thought much about calendars until I made this video but it really is interesting how much they are shaped by our culture and vice versa.

[@_JayRamsey_]

That sounds like a far better alternative to the Gregorian calendar. Easier to learn/remember, and starts over at a, in my opinion, better time.

[@soundknight]

That sounds really good.

[@adsim92]

The way I was always taught to remember what months have x amount of days was with a little rhyme. "30 days has September, April, June and November" I'm not sure where it came from, and i'm sure my teachers / parents or whoever taught me wasn't unique in using it - but it always stuck with me.

[@schwimdandy3820]

30 days has September, April, June and November. All the rest have 31, save February, which ruined this poem by having 28 or 29.

[@dunneincrewgear]

Schwim Dandy ...except for February all alone, which has 28 days clear but 29 in each leap year.

[@joescott]

I never heard this until I was older and still I think it is the most unhelpful rhyme in the world. I can never even remember it right.

[@alexr6469]

@@joescott so true

[@JontysCorner]

@@joescott The full rhyme goes like this: 30 days hath September, April, June and November; All the rest have 31 excepting February alone, Which has 28 days clear And 29 within in leap year.

[@bryanblatz2001]

@@joescott Thank you for validating my thoughts exactly! The knuckle thing is way more useful.

[@Mike504]

Here in Michigan we have 4 months of "I don't know, it's cold"

[@Annawidmn]

Here in Sweden we have 6 months of "why is the weather so angry?"

[@differenttakethanmost]

What part of Michigan are YOU in? The Tropical South part? Up North, the "Damn! it's Cold" season runs October through--at least May. We just had a record-breaking cold day-- May 8 and 9 it SNOWED. Snow in May--so those jokes about us shoveling snow the morning of the 4th of July parade is almost no joke (it has snowed in July too, for the record).

[@evanwoodward5755]

It’s just me yeah around may 10th idk exactly what day but it was a Monday? I think but anyways we had like 4 inches of snow which was very fun to see. The next week made up for it though it was like 50-70 degrees

[@dannygjk]

@@differenttakethanmost Extremes in weather increasing is because of climate change. Yes global warming means that some areas will be colder at times than they used to be. Yes global warming means more snow sometimes in some areas.

[@mikekavanaugh1348]

Here here

[@TColey100]

The knuckle counter. Lol!!!! I learned about this system as a child and still use it from time to time. It works! Great stuff as usual Joe.

[@IfYouMeetAWolf]

I learnt it too, although we put our knuckles right next to each other and started counting from the left. When you got to the last knuckle on the left hand you would continue on the first knuckle on your right hand. That always felt really cool lol

[@MCsCreations]

In Portuguese we say "antes de Cristo" (AC) and "depois de Cristo" (DC), which literally means "before Christ" and "after Christ"... And it created a big confusion about AC/DC's name...

[@stephsmanicshenanigans8017]

MC's Creations ac/dc is after Tesla and Edison, direct and alternating currents

[@MCsCreations]

@@stephsmanicshenanigans8017Of course, I know that. 😊

[@stephsmanicshenanigans8017]

MC's Creations we have ac (after Christ) and bc (before Christ) here too, not just the bce, I didn’t learn about bce until probably high school because they just taught ac/bc. Hated having to try to learn a new way lol

[@stephsmanicshenanigans8017]

William Critchley yeah I can go on for hours about how much I despise the current “education” system but it will just get me all worked up 😂

[@inemanja]

It's not that bad.. In Bulgaria they shake head horizontally for yes, and vertically for no.. That's confusing!

[@axnyslie]

There's also the Leap Second occasionally applied to synchronize clocks worldwide with the Earth's ever slowing rotation.

[@michaelsmithers4900]

Joe, I was so glad to see you did a calendar video. I have been annoying my family with my idea for a calendar for several years now... It's simple 13 -28 day months, with an extra day at the end of the year. I was excited to see that the world calendar also employed this idea. It doesn't get a name like Mon - I'd call it Smithers day after myself but I'd be open to ideas... We'd also have to name a new month and figure out where to stick it, Probably in the middle. The nice thing is that every year and month start with a Monday. Likewise every year and month would end on a Sunday... It would save businesses money and really simplify life on so many levels... Anyway Love the videos, and OLF!

[@odnetnin4720]

As I was watching I thought to myself. “Yeah, the calendar we have is silly and outdated…we should look at improving it and getting rid of the current.” Then I thought, “but that would change my birthday…no, what we got works just fine.”

[@OceanBagel]

My favorite calendar fun fact is that the leap day used to be accomplished by making February 24th last 48 hours, rather than adding February 29th. This was called the bissextile, because it was a repeating of the sixth day before March (we'd call it the fifth day before March today, but the Romans counted their dates inclusively). I was hoping you'd mention this, but I guess there's a limit to how much information you can fit into one video.

[@musaran2]

I had to check Wikipedia to know if this is legit or bullshit. No mention found of the 48h thing, but does confirm the rest... and reveals even *more* mess! And I thought adding intercalary day within the year was bad...

[@xelawyn]

Wow, I have actually never heard of that knuckle trick . . . that's way easier than going "30 days have September, April, June, and November. All the rest have 31, except February, which has 28, until the leap year makes it 29." in my head every time I have to figure out how many days are in a particular month. That's how they taught it in my school, as sort of a nursery rhyme, and to this day I have to use it to figure out which month has which number of days. Though I usually only have to do the first part to figure it out, it's still pretty embarrassing.

[@xelawyn]

Tangent Cam: I love the tangent cam.

[@thas5324]

The month april wasn't named "mensis apru" for Aphrodite but "mensis aprilis". And even though no one is completely sure about the etymology of april it is believed to be named after the latin word "aperire" (= to open => because flowers "open" themselves while blossoming) or apricus (meaning "sunny") or aper (which is the latin word for boar)

[@lukasmakarios4998]

Tam Has - I like Joe's explanation better. :-)

[@joescott]

That could be true. My source said otherwise.

[@inomad1313]

Because nothing says spring time like boar.

[@theguy8242]

That's disgusting. It just sounds like a chick's period

[@briseboy]

@@inomad1313 Did you just say "springtime?" Did I? Boars, by the way, are anything but boring. They are as irascible as male humans.

[@Shimon-ohayon]

Vsauce already cover it but Michael didn't have the Russian olympic joke. So...you're good.

[@joescott]

It's hard to find good topics Vsauce hasn't already covered very well.

[@Shimon-ohayon]

Joe Scott True. As a fan of both of you, it's actually nice to see your take on similar topics :) happy new year!

[@marcusa3911]

Don't forget the segue king crown.... 😂

[@xtramoist9999]

So did Kurzgesagt. But I like all of them. Even yours Joe! Edit: Happy 12019!

[@braindamage7128]

Vsauce is PoserTube

[@thumbs4fingers]

Calendar maker: " hmm, we have an extra 12 hours" Inventor of the Purge: " .....I have an idea"

[@zzz3493]

Nffa

[@evaristegalois6282]

Sure, the calendar may be a mess but it's not as much of a mess as my life

[@spaceman6463]

Evariste Galois Well I bet your life isn’t as much of a mess as mine is the ha h ...

[@Nostalgicinquisitor]

Y'all shut up play war robots and forget everything:-)

[@spaceman6463]

Legendary Cocktus [WR] We do that to much that’s the problem: )

[@Nostalgicinquisitor]

@@spaceman6463 you play war robots what's your ID? And platform?

[@spaceman6463]

Legendary Cocktus [WR] No but I do play shit with mecks

[@JoeDeglman]

You missed one important point in our recent calendars as to why it has been messed up and that is that we do not keep track of a year with the calendar, but we try to keep the Vernal Equinox on or near March 21. That is why the Zodiac signs no longer align with their original calendar dates. If we were keeping track of how long it takes the Earth to go around the Sun, the Zodiac would match their original calendar dates and the Equinox would be in February somewhere. That is why they dropped 10 days from the calendar in 1752. Also, they moved the calendar to start in January instead of March, that is why Ben Franklin was born on January 6, 1705, which is now January 17, 1706.

[@ffggddss]

And George Washington was born on Feb 11, 1731/2, Old Style, which is now Feb. 22, 1732, New Style. The 1752 change from Julian (O.S.) to Gregorian (N.S.) took place in Britain and its colonies & possesions (thus also in the American Colonies). Because it was done after another Gregorian exception year (1700), it was by then, 11 days dropped from the calendar, not 10. By the time Russia made the change, in the early 20th century, it was 13 days. Fred

[@JoeDeglman]

Okay, for some reason I always had 10 stuck in my Head. It was Pope Gregory who dropped 10 days and adjusted their leap years after that, but England and the colonies had not done so until there were 11 days to drop. Thus the 11 day birthdate jump. I stand corrected.

[@jimbyrdiii1503]

Found this video both informative and HILARIOUS!!! Timing is everything, Joe!😂😂😂

[@malbrownie]

Happy new year to you too Joe. Thanks for your videos.

[@Trishpage312]

Happy New Year Joe! That knuckle thing is cool!

[@momsnoteatingbugs1919]

You’re not old. When I got my driver’s license, there was odd/even gas rationing and the peanut farmer was President.

[@brianwalendy3735]

Wouldn't mind another peanut farmer....

[@briseboy]

You're not old. There's a republican woman hiding from covid I know, that denies just about everything ever discovered , in favor of an old fat sexual predator twenty years younger than her. That old fat man is also purported to be "president", though he is better, more correctly termed, Anencephalic.

[@dannygjk]

@@briseboy I think you meant to say he is twenty years *older* than her.

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

I'm thinking of designing a Procrastinator's Calendar....I promise I'll get on with it asap. A friend of mine uses the Alcoholic's Calendar, where it doesn't matter what day it is.... .....A Very Happy New Year to Joe and all of his subscribers.

[@chrisbelmont5009]

Happy new year Joe!! I’ve been watching your videos for about a year now and I really appreciate them! Keep doing what your doing !

[@GringoLingo]

Joe I just found your channel and have really only been putting a like on the videos that have made me laugh or smile. It just so happens the list of videos I haven’t seen and the list of videos I didn’t put a “like” on are the same list. Thanks for being awesome! I’ve been having a really rough few weeks and binge watching your channel is really helping me get through my loneliest times. I’m hoping to contribute to your patreon as soon as I get back on my feet!

[@rodrigoaleman9535]

Happy New Year 2019, Joe and everyone.

[@joescott]

Same to you!

[@numa1324]

Happy 12019!

[@krischealgomez9806]

I learnt in school and I still remember: Thirty days has September. April June and November. All the rest has 31 days. Except February alone. With 28 days clear and 29 in each leap year.

[@Daniel15au]

I learnt the exact same thing in school in Australia :)

[@emilgadjanski6911]

I never thought a discussion of calendars could be so funny. Thanks for starting my year off with a bunch of laughs! Hey, congrats on hitting 350k subs - you rock.

[@ghrey8282]

Happy new year Joe! May your 12019 be prosperous!

[@jbvin]

You forgot to mention the 13 month calender! I've seen it proposed by Scott Flansburg (The Human Calculator) but the concept has been explored before it's basically the same as the world calender except an extra month is added so that the months correlate to the lunar cycles.

[@RasperHelpdesk]

If I could remake the calendar I'd go with 13 months of 28 days each, with an extra New Years Day at the end and a Leap 366th as needed. The idea behind it being that If Jan 1 is a Tuesday, Feb 1 is also a Tuesday, every 1st is a Tuesday. The 365th day would still be a day of the week so consecutive years wouldn't be equal, but a consistent month length would standardize a lot of membership type things. You'd also get to freak people out by occasionally having 13 Friday the 13ths in a single year!

[@tywebbsbombers]

I learned the knuckle trick from Sherry Lewis and Lamb Chop when I was 5-6. Have literally had people ask me what I'm doing while whispering and tapping my knuckles. I got such a big smile when you talked about it.

[@_.Waylander._]

Happy New Year Joe

[@salvaje1]

30 days has September, April June and November

[@ofthecaribbean]

That knuckle nonsense is pure heresy

[@anatheistsopinion9974]

31 days has October, January March May July August and December

[@DarkYuugen]

yat 30 mhar september, April, June nae November. It works perfectly in my language. Most of the people here all memorized it that way.

[@mbntr2363]

Wow, I learned the same thing in elementary school in Italy, it works in Italian too

[@stevemaschke8481]

Joe, you're my hero for posting today.

[@joescott]

You need to raise your bar for heroes. ;)

[@waylontmccann]

Happy new year Joe!

[@megankinsella950]

Found ur channel yesterday Really awesome

[@billtreusch]

A very timely video

[@filtered2824]

What about the 13 month calendar each month would have the exact number of weeks and it would work out well.

[@roccov3614]

Yeah, I'm surprised he didn't mention it. I was expecting him to.

[@MG-kw1kb]

Superstitious fools would riot over a 13 month calendar ...

[@daerdevvyl4314]

M G I don’t think anybody cares about the number of months. It’s the week that’s important. So just have the 7 day week independent of the rest of the calendar like it is now. That might not satisfy some people, but I think most people would be happier with 13 months of 28 days + world days.

[@zombiasnow15]

But then the superstitious would freak out!

[@christalbot210]

I remember the 30/31 day months by the following poem (Note: I added the line about February because I couldn't remember what went there): Thirty days hath September April, June, and November 28 and February's done All the rest have thirty-one

[@vf7vico]

nice video. great segue! happy new year!

[@imawimp590]

I'm a big fan of the "International Fixed Calendar", where there's 13 28 day months with an Earthday at the end of the year, making it a perennial calendar.

[@heronimousbrapson863]

13 is such a messy number though.

[@imawimp590]

@@heronimousbrapson863 I think that's a big factor why it hasn't been that seriously considered, because it the months can't be divided by 4. Easily solved by making each quarter last 3 months, and 1 week long.

[@DerStoeppel]

yes, thats the one with the most logic... even every second friday a month would be a 13th^^ and its almost 13 fullMOoNth cycles a year....

[@Trozomuro]

The Calendar Lobby is not ok with this.

[@DerStoeppel]

@@Trozomuro yes, of course not, just like almost everything established by some "religios" people :D :D

[@eurethnic]

13 months. 28 days in each month. + a world day every 4 years. Much more logical.

[@patrickmendesguimaraes]

Think about the rotation of the week as it would be fixed for the whole year. All firsts would be on Sundays, changing only after the added day in a month each year.

[@abstract_tom2741]

I'd go for all months being 30 days, and then a 5 or six day holiday period before the cycle resets. But the main obstacle that I wish had been mentioned is how encoded the gregorian calendar is. Humans could adapt pretty easily to a new system, but computers had enough trouble with Y2K. That calendar is now baked into software, firmware, hardware, and every other sort of ware. We could have done better, but we're very much locked in now.

[@sandy7108]

Happy New Year Joe hope you and your family have the best year yet

[@danielb9545]

Only one more cycle to worry about but she won't let me put that on the calendar

[@joescott]

*rimshot

[@jerry3790]

F to pay respects to metric time.

[@ResandOuies]

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[@cristianverdugogalaz8725]

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[@neocaron87]

Happy new year from France!

[@ericnawamusic]

Happy new year joe

[@SquirrelASMR]

I like your Russian nesting doll/Earth shirt. OMG JOE ISS COLLUDING WITH RUSSIA FOR TOTAL WORLD DOMINATION

[@leftover7766]

Collusion is how you make a chewy center. Originated by Hersey's. (highway joke here)

[@1_2_die2]

For that he also needs a cat.

[@joescott]

Foiled by a t-shirt. Again.

[@seanwarren2437]

@@joescott where can i get such an awesome shirt?!

[@ricardobimblesticks1489]

@johnmburt1960 was excited to tell this joke until I came to your comment, day ruined by 11 year old, lol prehaps I should get out more :D

[@SquirrelASMR]

I'll be going to bed at 9pm today... 😐

[@jeobarlomento9898]

Squirrel ASMR but why? *you should've gone two hours earlier*

[@SquirrelASMR]

@@musik350 what are you doing tonight?

[@SquirrelASMR]

@@musik350 *GAAAAAAY* 🤗

[@petepeter1857]

@@musik350 You went off on a tangent about a very benign comment. You then got offensive about the reactions to your rudeness. A hint- New Year's night is amateur night, and after a few decades it gets boring. I'd rather be watching fireworks from a recliner rather than dodging drunks on the highway. Have fun and all, be safe 😉

[@petepeter1857]

@@musik350 I ended it trying to be somewhat friendly after this keyboard fracas. It just further validates my belief in your asocial tendencies. This channel has a shit-ton of nice followers, don't pollute the mix with your negativity. 😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉

[@kopekdess]

HAPPY NEW YEAR JOE!

[@criplexxx]

Happy 2019 Joe. Thanks 4 all the great content in 2018. Cheers !

[@robcrawford7780]

Well... When I was a baby, Truman was President, and in highschool LBJ was President. Feel younger now?

[@ffggddss]

Same here. Fred

[@BigJohnson911]

I didn't even exist until Bush became President. I can drive, drink, have sex, join the army, vote etc. Feel old now?

[@kengamble8595]

Heck that's nothing, Noah used to call me grandpa ! 😊

[@j.donaldson2758]

"It's only special because we decided it's special" - a statement that is universally true.

[@nikkolimua3542]

Happy New Year, Joe! from a Filipino fan

[@amiralozse1781]

HAPPY NEW YEAR from Germany to you Joe and every who is reading this!!

[@gordybishop2375]

I like the 13 month calendar idea myself

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

I am agnostic and I still say 'B.C.' and 'A.D.' I mean, who do you think we're fooling?

[@XaveRave]

Happy New year from Borneo!

[@ilikeinq]

Happy New Year from Japan!

[@civishamburgum1234]

Calenders get really intersting when they add planetary cycles relativ to the earth

[@nothisispatrick4644]

Im still all alone this year Nothing changes in my life

[@pirateman1966]

Lucky bastard.

[@kylarstern7627]

Your not alone buddy, just reach out, and someone will take your hand. It won't be me, because where thousands of kilometers away. Someone Will though.

[@opheliabawles9646]

Being alone sucks but so do people. I personally recommend dogs. You're still alone but you somehow kinda have company anyway, just enough to stave off depression and replace it at least partly with irritation and/or exasperation.

[@jonathanlebon9705]

If you're alone, consider yourself lucky, at least you have a chance to develop a career...much harder when you have someone.

[@spaceman6463]

Ophelia Bawles I don’t like people ever but getting dogs is sad

[@electricnorwegian5620]

Happy new year to Joe. Love the work.

[@pOpCoRn0531]

Happy New Year man!

[@NoOne-fe3gc]

Joe: "Lets talk about calendars!" Every programmer ever: *vietnam flashbacks*

[@jamesknapp64]

Tom Scott's video on Time Zones sums up something similiar

[@spaceman6463]

Dose anyone know what’s happening with metallic hydrogen

[@theCodyReeder]

Last I heard it was giving Jupiter it’s magnetic field.

[@spaceman6463]

Cody'sLab You know that’s not what I meant

[@spaceman6463]

Neutron X I have I can’t find anything no new news on if there are still testing it or if they abandoned the project there’s nothing but shit about Jupiter

[@blanktom6049]

I heard they were playing at the Fillmore tonight for new years.

[@JosStrange]

I heard they are replacing their bassist.

[@anesheagreen9664]

LOVE the knuckle trick!

[@tyronecayme9910]

Happy New Year Joe, from Feelipines with love.

[@nothisispatrick4644]

Oh please.. my room is much messier than the calendar

[@spaceman6463]

No this is patrick Like mine

[@SquirrelASMR]

Oh no I forgot to clean moldy teabags

[@CattleCluj]

Then go get Jordan Peterson's book and start cleaning your room.

[@spaceman6463]

CattleCluj Dude it’s a joke nobody needs a fake dad to learn how to fix your life I don’t need self help I do get depressed but I’m not a dick head who needs to be told how to fix my life

[@CattleCluj]

@@spaceman6463 I was joking as well. I never actually read the book. I just heard that Dr. Peterson has a book about cleaning one's room or something along those lines. Just chill!

[@alexia1142]

Imagine being born on world day lmao

[@YuriG03042]

or February 29th

[@racheluk1759]

Just want to thank you for all your amazing videos and wish you and your subs a Happy New Year

[@PhailingMath]

Fascinating, I had always thought that September on didn't line up with their obvious number because Julius and Augustus just added two months for themselves (thinking themselves important enough for that, I suppose). I didn't know the truth was subtler - the disorganized winter became two months at the start and Julius and Augustus later just renamed two other months.

[@DanielLopez-up6os]

And then you have the US with it´s weird marking on dates.... mm/dd/yyyy 12/31/2018.... the 12th day of the 31st month??? dd/mm/yyyy or 31/12/2018 is what most of the world uses.

[@majinbuuu9042]

New years should be in the spring time.

[@spaceman6463]

majin buuu It doesn’t really matter

[@heronimousbrapson863]

Actually, in the Julian calendar, March 25 (lady day) was the official designation of new year, although January 1 was also recognized unofficially. For example, George Washington's birth date was written Feb. 11, 1731/2 in recognition of these two conventions. When the Gregorian calendar was adopted in England in 1752, Jan. 1 became the officially recognized date for new years day. Washington's birth date then became Feb. 22, 1732.

[@aliguraiffi9789]

Persian year .

[@jonathanlevy9635]

Happy new year!

[@medokn99]

segue awards 2018 winner

[@ConnorComedyMK]

First?

[@iamtherealslimshady970]

Connor Roche nope second

[@SeanRCope]

Happy New Years Brother.

[@hopecarr9871]

I really like the nuckle trick. I've never had of it before but I'll definitely use it from now on. Thanks Joe. J.

[@deepeasttexas2849]

Happy New Year !

[@mhdharsh7343]

8:30 same here XD ive been doing that since my teacher thought me this when i was at kindergarten.

[@someonefromearth6082]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[@robsmith1a]

Thanks for loads of great entertaining info in 2018 - looking forward to more next year.

[@rolovalespino]

Love your videos. Entertaining, clever, interesting. Greetings from Costa Rica!

[@zombiasnow15]

Thank You for making the mundane, exciting!!!

[@whatamessjennings995]

Happy new year bud 😉

[@griffinjacobs3676]

Thank you so much, I loved this video, keep up the good work in 2019!!

[@TheHua89]

Happy New year Joe!!! Or should I say, happy randomly-selected day that is a combination of different cycles of time!!!

[@gustavoadolfososaguzman3325]

I really enjoy your videos and I wish you the best Joe! Greetings from Venezuela!

[@locutia7]

Happy New Year.

[@Falcon9Block5]

Happy New Years! goodbye 2018 a year of great Joe Scott content!!

[@Crackpot_Astronaut]

I totally learned the knuckles trick when I was younger! I've always done that. Don't remember where I learned it from either though. That was so cool to hear you bring it up 😁

[@petepeter1857]

Cool! Happy New Year......or the appropriate equivalent designation! ☺🙂🙃

[@BOBimusRex]

Worth the price of admission just for the knuckle trick. THANK YOU!

[@jeaniebird999]

I need a documentary, on this! I'm so intrigued, now!

[@soundknight]

This was great, thank you.

[@malfaro3l]

Happy New Year! May the New Year bring you 1M followers!

[@ryangowland7464]

I do the knuckle trick too!.. Ever since I learned it as a kid, I've used it anytime I had to figure out the number of days.

[@kazoobab.l2836]

hey joe at 5:46 you said leap days!!!. nice video thanks bro

[@samvimes9510]

I'd love to see you talk about the other calendars you mentioned, especially the Chinese and Mayan calendar.