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If the Olympics and presidential elections only happen once every 4 years, why the hell are we not doing them on February 29th???? (lemmy.world)

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[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

we would skip an election every 100 years or so

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

yeah. would not want trump in office on that one.

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He would have argued 2020 is divisible by 100 according to the best mathematicians.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 1 month ago

I know its kinda a joke but I could so see it. Honestly I could see him declaring no leap year whatever the year is and claim the president can do that. It would definitely be a bad idea.