This is based on a cool, but ultimately incorrect historical theory called "phantom time." The general premise being that European history (and world history) was mostly fabricated as propaganda by royalty. It wouldn't be so crazy except, a) archeology exist and validates certain medieval records and b) non European Nations exist, and record their own interactions with Western Nations.

The Gregorian calendar didn’t go into effect until 1582. Because it’s a modification of the Julian calender. Which replaced the Roman calender.

Almost like there’s a continuity or something.

Wait until this guy hears that time is just something we made up/invented!

Easy, it's 1715894564 after Jan 1 1970 00:00:00.

it has been approximately 12000 years since our ancestors constructed what are now the ruins at Gobekli Tepe. But saying it's been exactly 12,000 years would be silly, so let's toss in some variation and call it the present 12,024 years since then. I like this because it puts the history we presently call "ancient" into perspective. By this measure, the bronze age began around the year 6,800 and its collapse happened around the year 8,800. Two thousand years, our species toiled at working bronze. Yes, a lot of explosive progress (some of it literal) happened in the 11,900s, but it took us over eleven thousand years to get there in the first place. We're really not so far from the 11,500s when we were just getting used to connecting the whole globe with transoceanic trade. It seriously stunts our achievements to write off everything that happened prior to year 10,000 as if it were irrelevant.

The reality is that it doesn’t matter. It’s all arbitrary.

What matters is we all agree on it.

My son struggled with the similar concept of daylight saving time this year.

He's 6 though - I'm sure he'll grow out it by the time he's on Twitter.

It's amazing how many people don't know what time is and think it's something that's kept track of on a man made calendar.

I could actually get behind this conspiracy theory if it wasn't so easily debunked. Think about it, wouldn't it be beneficial for some rulers to pretend that the glorious battle victory everyone has heard about happened relatively recently, as opposed to centuries ago?

It's only a surprising observation if you never thought about the not so distant past, when each town had its own time. Even now, if you spend a week or a month hiking or living off the grid out in nature, although your watch or cell phone might have a clock on it, you learn quite soon that what really matters is when the sun goes up and goes down.

I thought the calendar was based on the event when Xenu exploded all of the body thetans on volcanoes with hydrogen bombs.

Jimmy is insane. Still waiting for his video on semen retention though.

TIL I don't have to involve religion with timekepeping. How have I not heard BCE and CE before (or more probably how did I forget hearing it)?

I'm lost in walart

I'm gonna take a migraine.