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p8riot 68 points ago +69 / -1

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth

Did Trump just invent a new year-counting system, based on 1776? REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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DefaultFreedom 56 points ago +56 / -0

I like it. Before Freedom (BF) and After Freedom (AF).

Happy 244 A.F.!

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p8riot 20 points ago +20 / -0

So just like there's no year 0 in Christianity (it goes from -1 BC to 1 AD), I think we're designating 1776 as year 1. Happy 245 AF!

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LilBuddyRem 15 points ago +15 / -0

That would make July 4th the American New Years Day

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p8riot 8 points ago +8 / -0

Yes! It makes more sense to celebrate for the greatest human revolution than it does to celebrate.. what exactly? Switching the calendar?

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amopheldupsidedown 3 points ago +3 / -0

Save ourselves a bundle on fireworks if they're only once a year

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glompywompy 8 points ago +8 / -0

45 ! 45ths President

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Boruzu 6 points ago +6 / -0

I hate how academics try to call BC before common era

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ModernKnight 2 points ago +2 / -0

It's just another attempt to scrub our history away and remove all reference to God.

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Amaroq64 7 points ago +7 / -0

I like how AF is both After Freedom and As Fuck.

The year 245 After Freedom

The year 245 As Fuck

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Tellman125 2 points ago +2 / -0

245? As is 2 terms for President 45? ;D

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DefaultFreedom 2 points ago +2 / -0

Definitely a plus.

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minotaurbeach 11 points ago +11 / -0

We Should use this from now on.

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Amaroq64 7 points ago +7 / -0

I'm looking this up, and it appears that many previous executive orders have also used this.

Even Abraham Lincoln did it in the emancipation proclamation.

Done at the City of Washington, this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the eighty-seventh.

But the idea of an American calendar based on 1776 is still an awesome idea!

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slrpnls 1 point ago +1 / -0

I love it!