What year is it really?

[Marcus IM]

I get different answers depending on the religion of the persons queried.

[PJMcK]

1. Does anybody really know what year it is?

Could be a cool song, eh?

All kidding aside, does it really matter other than when to pay bills?

Without getting too philosophical, all we really have is the moment of the present which is informed by the years of our pasts. Who knows what'll happen tonight or tomorrow?

Happy new year to you, Marcus. Whatever that means!

[Haggard Celine]

2. Well, when do you want to start counting?

And whose mythology do you believe? It would be nice to know the actual age of the Earth or the date of the dawn of mankind, but we probably never will. I just celebrate the same year as most of the people around me. It's easier, and usually a lot of fun.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

3. Right now it's 'this year'.

As we currently count them, tomorrow will be 'next year'. Why the line between years is sidereally fixed where it is, IMO, is just tradition.

For today, I wouldn't worry about.

We do have an interest in numbering things.

[GreenWave]

4. We saw how the 1999 maniacs thought the next year marked a new millennium.

For them to be correct there has to be a year zero.
0-999
1000-1999
2000-?

So my time travel machine went back to year zero.
"Hey what year is it?"
"There is no year!"

1-1000
1001-2000
2001 aye mates,

[cbabe]

5. Time is a concept. Emergency landing strands Sydney-bound passengers on Pacific island - never to se

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/31/emergency-landing-strands-sydney-bound-passengers-on-pacific-island-never-to-see-midnight-on-new-years-eve

Emergency landing strands Sydney-bound passengers on Pacific island – never to see midnight on New Year’s Eve

Royce Kurmelovs
@RoyceRk2
Sat 31 Dec 2022 00.30 EST

Airline passengers stranded on a remote Pacific island after an emergency landing on the way to Sydney have made the most of their unexpected, idyllic New Year’s Eve adventure – but there’s a catch.

The locals in Pago Pago, American Samoa, where the flight from Los Angeles was forced to land after fears over a potential mechanical problem in one of the plane’s engines, took passengers on a tour of the island and served beers on a deserted beach.

But thanks to a quirk of time zones, the rescue flight sent to take them on to Sydney was due to skip across the international dateline shortly after takeoff, flying from New Year’s Eve morning to New Year’s Day morning with no midnight to celebrate in between.

…more…

[2naSalit]

6. Couldn't help it.

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Because I have always loved this song so...

Happy New Year, whatever that means!

Well here's another that fits the New Year theme...

[LudwigPastorius]

7. I'm hoping that it's the Year of the Rottweiler.

[electric_blue68]

8. For the Orange One and his Insurrectionist Congressional Cronies! Plus R Stone etc