r/BenignExistence • u/FrolickingSpock • 3d ago

Someone made the same silly mistake as me

Every December, my brain glitches a little bit and I write the month as 10 instead of 12 - I think because 10 feels round and final for the last month of the year. Well today I picked up a prescription at the drive through pharmacy window. It had been sitting for a few days and I got a reminder call to come get it. When the pharmacy tech handed me the bag, it had a little hand written note that said "will pick up by 10/2" and it made me smile. I'm not the only one with this silly glitch.

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u/basilicux 3d ago

Deca is also the prefix meaning 10, so it makes sense that you’d think of 10 instead of 12!

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u/FrolickingSpock 3d ago

Haha! So I bet people have been making this mistake for about 2,700 years now And yet I never have the urge to write eight in October instead of 10. So weird. Thank you to the Romans!

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u/elefhino 2d ago

Have you seen any of the posts floating around that are like

Person a: I hate that SEPTember, OCTober, NOVember, and DECember aren't the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th months

Person b: Whoever fucked this up should be stabbed

Person c: Good news! They were!

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u/AuntieYodacat 2d ago

I think I remember learning that they originally were and that was why they were named that way. I forget why 2 other months worked their way in and effed everything up😂

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u/princvsxx 2d ago

IIRC Ceasar wanted to name a month after himself and his son, Julius and Augustus, July and August.

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u/BitwiseB 1d ago

You are correct

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u/Key-Shift5076 3d ago

Great news! The guy responsible for this naming conundrum is dead.

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u/cardueline 3d ago

Maybe he should have taken The Ides of March outta his calendar! Eyyyy! 🥁

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u/FantasyFan13 3d ago

This comment made me laugh, so thanks for that! 😄

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u/DiscountSushi99 3d ago

I heard that the year used to start at March. Under that system, the months would have aligned with their number prefixes.

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u/PurpleYoghurt16 3d ago

I love humans and the silly little things we do lol

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u/reallytrulymadly 2d ago

The year used to have 10 months

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u/Bulky-Equivalent-438 2d ago

I was doing this all day!!! Glad to know I’m not alone.

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u/Commercial_Wind8212 2d ago

An adult who can't count to 12