10 Not-The-Sharpest People Who Just Tweeted About ‘Time Flying Fast’ And Earth Being 2020 Years Old
It’s hard not to feel sentimental at the start of a new year. The changing of the calendar year represents a time to reminisce about what has changed in the last year, what you’ve achieved, lost, and how time has flown, and entering a new decade makes it feel all the more profound. But some people on Twitter are getting emotional over something much bigger than themselves: our beautiful planet, which just turned 2020, if you were napping during science and history lessons for your entire compulsory education.
Check out these birthday wishes that have people desperately asking if this is a joke or a meme. It is, right? Right?
People are wishing the planet a happy 2020th birthday
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Funnily enough, when we looked up sources on the age of the planet, the top suggested searches were “how old is the earth 2019,” “how old is the earth 2018,” and so on. Apparently, the new year gets people curious. So, if 2020 sounds like a number so large and imposing that it must encapsulate all of our planet’s existence, wait until you hear about 4543000000 (give or take a few hundred million years. When you count that high, it’s easy to be off by an amount of time that’s still longer than mammals have existed.)
The absurdity of supposing that January 1st must be the birthday of all of existence makes you wonder what the significance of the start of a new year actually is. After all, once we figured out how long it takes Earth to complete an orbit, how did we start turning our calendars to a new year not on a solstice or any astronomically significant day, but plain old January 1st?
The answer, the ancient Romans would have told you, is ¯_(ツ)_/¯. It’s the first month on the list. Or, well, it has been since it was added to come before March. February came along later. Then they debated the distribution of days between months for a few hundred years, partially driven by various emperors wanting the months they introduced to be the biggest and best ones. Miraculously, out of this highly civil, scientific process eventually came a calendar that stuck, and we think it’s working pretty well.
Happy arbitrary beginning of the unit that we use to measure journeys around the sun. May this be an educational year for all of us.
Commenters couldn’t quite believe what they were reading
I strongly suspect some of the comments about the earth being 2020 years old were jokes. There was someone who genuinely thought the calendar year was the age of the earth a few years ago and it turned into a meme.
Seriously. We go through this every year. People are so gullible and they think that they’re laughing at other gullible people.
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Earth: "I WISH I was only 2020. Do you have any idea how good I looked back then? No sign of any humans anywhere, then a few billion years later, and you lot come along, and f*****g ruin me. Thanks a lot, by the way."
I cant believe the earth will be 2021 next year.There,i said it,please make an article about it
This is no laughing matter. Do you know how many evangelicals (and other wack job religious), people in powers of position, really do believe the earth is relatively new? And men lived along side dinosaurs? Thinking about that scares the living shait out of me.
And that fossils were buried in the Earth by Satan to deceive people. And that all the Earth's strata were created by Noah's food. Plus dinosaurs are mentioned in the Bible (except the word dinosaur was invented in 1842). You are scared (I'm assuming you are from the UK)? I live in the US. I'm truly terrified. See 960px-View...n.svg_.png 
And why do the Jews and Chinese have calendars that date back to well before 2020 years ago? Because they invaded our planet from their older home worlds, that's why.
I just went to foxnews.com. They don't have a comment section on their site, for any article. So, you were saying about "dumber".............
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I’ll wager you good money that I can predict which kind of politicians these idiots vote for. Though the savvy amongst you won’t bet on such a sure thing.
It's hard to tell if their knowledge of geology or theology is more appaling.
Hahahaha that is so funny. Even tho I’m in 4th grade, that is halarious
I don't think the people making the remarks about the earth being created 2020 years ago are kidding. I fear they truly don't get it. Too many people cannot read a non-digital clock, make change, measure with a tape measure, understand weights (tablespoons, ounces, etc.) They believe the Flintstones image of cavemen existing with dinosaurs. They
Yes, some of these are surely jokes, but some are not. I am so tired of Americas being seen by much of the rest of the world as idiots. I pray our educational system can recover from decades of destruction by republicans. Many people are not even aware that the dismantling of public education is part of republican ideoloy. Of course republicans will deny it. People who think republicans support public education are prime examples of how successful their lies have been. Betsy DeVos has perhaps been more active in this regard than most. Every action she has undertaken has undermined public education, from slashing its budget, to pushing for its privatization.
Republicans will fall into fits over my words, but I hope others can see the truth, that Trump is not the only rich republican who “loves the uneducated.” All other rich republicans do as well, because keeping the quality of public education low, keeps many people ignorant. Ignorant people believe the parties lies. Ignorant people ensure that they can continue to bleed less rich republicans and democrats alike, and give more benefits of every kind to the rich. They don’t care about anyone else. They send their own children to private schools.
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Yes I agree, congrats earth for your 2020 years old. Best star of all the stars, You are so flat like you always was. All this people calling you round, are just fat shaming you because they don't like themselves. You turn around the sun and vaccination causes people to think all I said is wrong. 😜😂😂😁
Not really. Most are just trying to be ironic or funny.
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Aaaah, I remember when the earth was just a little speck of dust... Sigh, how 2020 years have flown by, but I must say that mother earth has got a little round in her old age.
Also amazing that earth's birth lasted (only) 6 days for such a big thing, considering that it takes 9 months for a human to be born and almost 2 years for an elephant.
2020 is NOT how old the earth is... It's only 2020 years A.D.!!!!! 2020 years ago, Jesus was alive... CRAZY!!!!!!!
Has to be all jokes to enter this year with a laugh. I refuse to think that people are involving into full total idiots. Well... we're still dealing with the anti-vaxxers and the flat-earthters, but they're just joking, or i'm the actual idiot.
I have a sneaking suspicion that they have all lost their proverbial marbles. The Earth is 4.54 Billion years old but the onset of the death of Jesus of Nazareth is 2019 years old. Hence our calendar which stems from the Gregorian .
While I can't be sure, from the look of some of the profile pics, most of these folks look pretty young. That being said, there really is no accounting for the level of "fact resistance" that a great number of today's young people seem to be saddled with.
This is something like "flatearthers" right ? I mean it's not possible for people to be that ignorant.
WHAT? Did no one pay attention in school? Are people really this uneducated?
The fact that people think the earth is 2020 year old doesn't surprise me one bit... Do a trip to WalMart and you'll know what I mean.
First, I'd like to say, even if you are a Bible Banging Christian, you still have to realize that the world is older than 2020 years because BC is Before Christ. Second, to those who think the world is only a few thousand years old, let me present it to you this way. God is omnipotent. He can be anywhere, at any "time" and any situation He chooses. Time means nothing to Him. Man, on the other hand, had a need to separate his past from his present and his future. Man created time to do just that. So while we look at things in a linear sense, God is not defined by time. Therefore, a day for God could be a million years for us and visa versa. Therefore, our concept that the world is only 5000 years old means it may actually be 5 billion years old.
Yeah....let's give teachers a raise. They SHOULD be paid by the product they produce.
People like this are homeschooled or have fallen victim of some propaganda like evangelical beliefs or flat earth, antivax..... Do not shame teachers for dumb people. That teachers aren't paid enough in 'murica is shameful. The best countries in education are generally those who pay good money for a good educational system.
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It does have impact. If you blatantly get facts wrong, you are prone to misinformation and misbelief. Like, in this case, to fudamental crhistians, who will also tell you there were no Dinosaurs, because they lived "before" the Earth was "created".
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Sorry to tell you, but your estimate of 10k years is totally wrong too. You are ridiculous as well as these people.
Load More Replies... I strongly suspect some of the comments about the earth being 2020 years old were jokes. There was someone who genuinely thought the calendar year was the age of the earth a few years ago and it turned into a meme.
Seriously. We go through this every year. People are so gullible and they think that they’re laughing at other gullible people.
Load More Replies... Earth: "I WISH I was only 2020. Do you have any idea how good I looked back then? No sign of any humans anywhere, then a few billion years later, and you lot come along, and f*****g ruin me. Thanks a lot, by the way."
I cant believe the earth will be 2021 next year.There,i said it,please make an article about it
This is no laughing matter. Do you know how many evangelicals (and other wack job religious), people in powers of position, really do believe the earth is relatively new? And men lived along side dinosaurs? Thinking about that scares the living shait out of me.
And that fossils were buried in the Earth by Satan to deceive people. And that all the Earth's strata were created by Noah's food. Plus dinosaurs are mentioned in the Bible (except the word dinosaur was invented in 1842). You are scared (I'm assuming you are from the UK)? I live in the US. I'm truly terrified. See 960px-View...n.svg_.png
And why do the Jews and Chinese have calendars that date back to well before 2020 years ago? Because they invaded our planet from their older home worlds, that's why.
I just went to foxnews.com. They don't have a comment section on their site, for any article. So, you were saying about "dumber".............
Load More Replies... I’ll wager you good money that I can predict which kind of politicians these idiots vote for. Though the savvy amongst you won’t bet on such a sure thing.
It's hard to tell if their knowledge of geology or theology is more appaling.
Hahahaha that is so funny. Even tho I’m in 4th grade, that is halarious
I don't think the people making the remarks about the earth being created 2020 years ago are kidding. I fear they truly don't get it. Too many people cannot read a non-digital clock, make change, measure with a tape measure, understand weights (tablespoons, ounces, etc.) They believe the Flintstones image of cavemen existing with dinosaurs. They
Yes, some of these are surely jokes, but some are not. I am so tired of Americas being seen by much of the rest of the world as idiots. I pray our educational system can recover from decades of destruction by republicans. Many people are not even aware that the dismantling of public education is part of republican ideoloy. Of course republicans will deny it. People who think republicans support public education are prime examples of how successful their lies have been. Betsy DeVos has perhaps been more active in this regard than most. Every action she has undertaken has undermined public education, from slashing its budget, to pushing for its privatization.
Republicans will fall into fits over my words, but I hope others can see the truth, that Trump is not the only rich republican who “loves the uneducated.” All other rich republicans do as well, because keeping the quality of public education low, keeps many people ignorant. Ignorant people believe the parties lies. Ignorant people ensure that they can continue to bleed less rich republicans and democrats alike, and give more benefits of every kind to the rich. They don’t care about anyone else. They send their own children to private schools.
Load More Replies... Yes I agree, congrats earth for your 2020 years old. Best star of all the stars, You are so flat like you always was. All this people calling you round, are just fat shaming you because they don't like themselves. You turn around the sun and vaccination causes people to think all I said is wrong. 😜😂😂😁
Not really. Most are just trying to be ironic or funny.
Load More Replies... Aaaah, I remember when the earth was just a little speck of dust... Sigh, how 2020 years have flown by, but I must say that mother earth has got a little round in her old age.
Also amazing that earth's birth lasted (only) 6 days for such a big thing, considering that it takes 9 months for a human to be born and almost 2 years for an elephant.
2020 is NOT how old the earth is... It's only 2020 years A.D.!!!!! 2020 years ago, Jesus was alive... CRAZY!!!!!!!
Has to be all jokes to enter this year with a laugh. I refuse to think that people are involving into full total idiots. Well... we're still dealing with the anti-vaxxers and the flat-earthters, but they're just joking, or i'm the actual idiot.
I have a sneaking suspicion that they have all lost their proverbial marbles. The Earth is 4.54 Billion years old but the onset of the death of Jesus of Nazareth is 2019 years old. Hence our calendar which stems from the Gregorian .
While I can't be sure, from the look of some of the profile pics, most of these folks look pretty young. That being said, there really is no accounting for the level of "fact resistance" that a great number of today's young people seem to be saddled with.
This is something like "flatearthers" right ? I mean it's not possible for people to be that ignorant.
WHAT? Did no one pay attention in school? Are people really this uneducated?
The fact that people think the earth is 2020 year old doesn't surprise me one bit... Do a trip to WalMart and you'll know what I mean.
First, I'd like to say, even if you are a Bible Banging Christian, you still have to realize that the world is older than 2020 years because BC is Before Christ. Second, to those who think the world is only a few thousand years old, let me present it to you this way. God is omnipotent. He can be anywhere, at any "time" and any situation He chooses. Time means nothing to Him. Man, on the other hand, had a need to separate his past from his present and his future. Man created time to do just that. So while we look at things in a linear sense, God is not defined by time. Therefore, a day for God could be a million years for us and visa versa. Therefore, our concept that the world is only 5000 years old means it may actually be 5 billion years old.
Yeah....let's give teachers a raise. They SHOULD be paid by the product they produce.
People like this are homeschooled or have fallen victim of some propaganda like evangelical beliefs or flat earth, antivax..... Do not shame teachers for dumb people. That teachers aren't paid enough in 'murica is shameful. The best countries in education are generally those who pay good money for a good educational system.
Load More Replies... It does have impact. If you blatantly get facts wrong, you are prone to misinformation and misbelief. Like, in this case, to fudamental crhistians, who will also tell you there were no Dinosaurs, because they lived "before" the Earth was "created".
Load More Replies... Sorry to tell you, but your estimate of 10k years is totally wrong too. You are ridiculous as well as these people.
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