so, when are we going to change the calendar?

i'm sick of dating things relative to jesus' birth date, which everybody knows is wrong, anyways. it's beyond trivial, at this point. it's offensive.

i've seen people float the idea of the moon landing as the new year zero, but i actually don't think that solves anything - two thousand years from now, nobody is going to believe that happened, either. it's at least the right idea.

we like enlightened jews, so why not pick einstein's birthday? sorry noam, but there's really no comparison in terms of importance. i think there's something more fundamentally meaningful about this, as well, as it's going to be einstein's theory that leads us into the universe. we don't even really completely understand it yet. we're going to need a relativistic nicea before we can even get there - and don't bullshit me with copenhagen, that's just a bunch of hand waving.

we, the pre-eminent german scientists, hereby declare that we cannot figure this shit out. therefore, nobody in the future of the history of the universe will ever figure this shit out. let it be written.

i don't think there's any question that we'll still be grappling with relativity in a thousand years. it'll be another 500 before we can even clearly articulate it. so, there's a potential for relevance deep into the future.

another thousand years from now, jesus is probably going to end up confused with gandhi and recast as a space alien sent here to save us from ourselves. we need to get this shit out of the calendar, before it's too late.

einstein was born on march 14th, so why don't we start the year at the spring equinox? that makes more sense anyways, right? we can have new years day & st. paddy's day a week apart, as we start a new year on the same schedule as the trees.

we can still have the winter solstice, but it shouldn't be the start of the year, it should be the last, darkest quadrant.

that would make it the year 138. or 139? i dunno, roll a die...

jagmeet singh must cut his beard.