Why exactly do people celebrate when the "hundredth" something happens? What exactly is so significant about it? It seems like it's just an excuse to party and get drunk.* Like, why do we celebrate the hundredth anniversary, but not the ninety-ninth or the hundred eleventh? What's the difference? There really isn't, is there? After all, one hundred is just a number. It doesn't have any real significance.
To me, it just feels like we love any number that's divisible by twenty-five. We'll celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary, the fiftieth anniversary, and even the freaking seventy-fifth. And seventy-five sucks! But by God, do we love one hundred. If neighbors were people, one hundred would be the town slut.** Everyone's gotta celebrate one hundred? What has one hundred ever done for the world? Besides being a convenient go-to when you need a cheap thrill.
Honestly, it's only because we put so much emphasis on ten. If ten wasn't so important to our calculations, we wouldn't have to deal with one hundred and all his elitist bullcrap. Ten tries so hard to keep his damn son under control, I know, but they need some counseling or something.***
*These two things are pretty much synonymous at this point.
**For those of you wondering, seventy-five is the douchebag that everyone seems to like for some reason. Also, twenty-three might have mob connections and thirty-seven shot my dog.
***I'm going to get committed for talking like this some day.
if numbers were people.
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ReplyDeleteIn the hippie days they experimentally tried teaching kids on systems other than base ten... those damn hippies and their crack.
ReplyDeleteYou do realize that crack didn't exist until after the hippie movement was over, right?
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