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I have to be knowledgeable about a particular superstition in order to sign in to access a government form (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/atheism@lemmy.world
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Edit: I accidentally refreshed the page and it offered alternative questions for ID validation, such as high school of graduation and SSN. But it's still absurd to expect someone to even humor the premise of the prompt.

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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

For the handful of us born near the end or the beginning of a month, it would make it harder to guess, but yeah. It's really not the best identity question but it is something most people either automatically know or can figure out really easily even if they forget later, so I can sort of see the rationale even though I think it's silly.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    108 days of the year fall in that end-of-the-month window where they belong to the astrological sign associated with the month that follows, so almost 30% of all possible birth dates become harder to guess. (Your comment made me curious as to just how significant this variability could be in practice - a lot more than I would have guessed)

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