Teddy on the New Year's Fraud

It is loosely defined as the time-span taken for our particular planetary dwelling to make one complete orbit around its particular star. That's common man's definition.

Of course, perhaps in light of new advancements in science (pardon the pun if you see it) it has been redefined to approximated 365.2425*24*60*60 = 31557510 seconds, where a second is defined again (currently) as the duration of 9 192 631 770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium-133 atom.

Which all could be rubbish if I manage to prove that space time is nothing more than an illusion.

What is one year, then, in significance to the universe? Nothing. Nothing, apart from a mild random significance peculiar to one particular planet in one particular star system in the entireness of the galaxy.

Unless you, as common to your race in general, insist on being the Center of the Universe.

WHICH then merely gives reason to feel that the particular planet and star system in mention were not chosen at random.

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Now for the sake of argument, assume that indeed, the time span 1 year bears significant importance (i.e. assume that Earth is indeed the most significant and important planet in existence) - reductio ad adsurbum.

Then why do we define tomorrow as New Year's Day? Why not the next day. Completely arbitrary.

Now there are those who might argue (with a teddy bear???) that perhaps there was universally significant events (perhaps even the big bang) that would have been given the date 1st of January (i.e. the big bang occured on the 1st of january, XXXX B.C.E) - reductio ad adsurbum.

EVEN if we assume that to be true, how would that have lasted through endless corruption over the centuries.

And dont be so bold to argue that this may not occur.

if it didnt occur. we'd have no conflicting religions and no language differences. simple.

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So when you wish each other "Happy New Year", you are merely celebrating a random date set by some random person hundreds of years ago, and even then corrupted over the centuries to where we are now.

Now, i've got work to do. I still acknowledge today as a public holiday - much like labour day, or teacher's day - an arbitrarily set date.

Happy 1st of January - from the three of us (Harry, Elmo, and Teddy)

As a sidenote i'll also add that 1st of January has little significance from a financial perspective, taking in the fact that the fiscal year starts on July 1st (Australia); April 1st (UK); October 1st (US). Also, the Catholic Church's Liturgical Calendar begins in the beginning of advent - which is in November. There may be other organisations that do not acknowledge the 1st of January as New Year's Day and I haven't mentioned them. For that, I apologise.

P.S. come next year, there will be another guest blogger here at inanimatevoices.

P.S.S i'll put up our photos on this site soon.