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FartingBob t1_iyo6jzr wrote

Reply to comment by desfirsit in [OC] Birth months of FIFA World Cup players. The top three are January, February and March, possibly due to the "Relative age effect" by desfirsit

As a Brit, my first thought was "wow that's a weird way of doing it" then my second thought was "Hang on, no it isnt. Its the only logical way of doing it. Why the fuck do we still start a new school year in September???".

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desfirsit OP t1_iyo7dtj wrote

Well we start the new school year in august, but the cut-off is still January! Everybody that is born a specific calendar year starts school the same time in August. If you are born December 31 the year before you start in August a year earlier.

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FartingBob t1_iyo7j2u wrote

Oh, well then my first thought was correct. Your way is weird! At least out cutoff is start of september as well.

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