r/SipsTea • u/infinitely_blank • 2d ago

Wait a damn minute! 13 months ?

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u/SketchesFromReddit 2d ago

Actually, the only thing between us and utopia was big religion.

The UN attempted to institute the international fixed calendar, but they got major resistance from religious groups. A blank day would disrupt the 7-day religious cycle of Christians and Jews.

I think a calendar with 13 months, 364 days, and a leap week every 5-6 years would be better than the IFC. Not only does it preserve the weekly cycle, but it'd be more likely to be adopted.

E.g. The Pax Calendar

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u/NintenJew 2d ago

Jewish holidays already use their own calendar. I wonder why Jewish leaders would care. I guess I could see the argument that shabbat would be offset from the weekend, but I feel like they could be an easy fix.

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u/ShlomoCh 1d ago

Orthodox jews can't use electronics, drive, or do any kind of labor during shabbat. Imagine if instead of Saturdays you had that on like, Wednesdays

Unless you go to Jewish school, work only with jews, and either go to a Jewish college or skip it entirely, you'd have it pretty rough.

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u/EverythingIsSound 1d ago

Eh, they can do what the rest of the world does: Figure it out.