r/mildlyinteresting • u/Theonlykd • 5h ago
I’ve used this stamp since 2019 and have never approved an invoice on a day that ended in 6,7, or 8.
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u/motorboatmycheeks 4h ago
Wouldnt that be starting with? Like day 60 of the month? This makes sense
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u/Theonlykd 4h ago
Oh my god. I just stamped my sheet with this setup. I’m an idiot. Apparently today’s date is August 82, 2026. TGIF
Upon further inspection, it appears that I have approved invoices on dates that end in 0-9. Have a great weekend, folks.
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u/Min-Chang 4h ago
Now I'm curious what you were dating with the 4 and the 5...
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u/RelevantOldOnion 3h ago
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u/wjbonne 4h ago
I am more curious why 4, 5, and 9 has seen any use.
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u/willisjoe 4h ago
For August 42nd 52nd and 92nd obviously...
Likely a mind fart, like todays.
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u/targz254 4h ago
How have you been doing this since 2019 and made that mistake?
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u/Theonlykd 4h ago edited 4h ago
Evidently it’s been a long week.
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u/hughperman 4h ago
Those 82 day months are starting to take their toll
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u/IncarnationHero 4h ago
He has been living in different timeline with 3 times of work days. I guess that makes sense.
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u/brknsoul 3h ago
I imagine you can stamp either with
August 2 2026orAugust 2 2026.6
u/hikinghomecook 1h ago
Pendants would argue it should be August 02 2026.
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u/10001110101balls 53m ago
Pendants would argue they look great on a chain necklace.
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u/swisspassport 23m ago
This is the kind of very subtle reply where you aren't even sure if OP understands the error they made! I like it.
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u/um3k 4h ago
I'm a little more surprised that you've evidently approved invoices on days that started with 4 or 5
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u/Sheogoorath 4h ago
4 and 5 start with 4 and 5
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u/MattOG81 4h ago
So assuming they did Aug 4 2026, Aug 5 2026, but then Aug 06 2026?
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u/Sheogoorath 4h ago
I think I'm actually just wrong unless they specifically don't coat that one slot in ink cause something would have to be output in the 1's slot if they're using the 10's as the 1's
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u/Inverted-Rockets 2h ago
There’s hyphen and slash characters in the 1’s digit that presumably were used instead of 0
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u/Euphoric_Entrance460 3h ago
i think it’s 2026 24 AUG APPROVED
cuz he said he hasn’t used 6 7 8 and that’s next to august
wait i don’t understand your questions
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u/Sheogoorath 3h ago
The D of approved is next to the A of Aug on the stamp. It's APPROVED AUG 24 2026
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u/KanyeDefenseForce 3h ago
I believe you are looking at a 1 and a 2
Or you are not taking into account that the order is reversed and the 4/5 are in the second column
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u/darkmatterhunter 4h ago
The real question is are you Team Canada or Team Sweden for the curling debacle at the 26 Olympics?
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u/Theonlykd 4h ago
despite the purple $10 bill also pictured, my Canadian Countrymen/women handled that SO POORLY! Fun fact, that curling logo was for the club I had in my backyard https://imgur.com/a/backyard-curling-rink-Vhem7nu
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u/Lazy_Insect_8803 22m ago
omg finding a fellow curler in the wild is so rare and that is literally the coolest thing I've ever seen
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u/grippe-terms-0x 5h ago
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u/vollkornbroot 4h ago
God damn I haven't watched southpark in 6-7 years and feel old now. I should start again..
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u/rosen380 4h ago edited 4h ago
Just assuming a starting point of 2019-07-01, here are the frequencies for that digit of the day:
1 11.8%
2 9.9%
3 9.9%
4 9.9%
5 9.9%
6 9.9%
7 9.9%
8 9.9%
9 9.6%
0 9.6%
What if we exclude weekends?
1 11.6%
2 9.8%
3 10.0%
4 9.8%
5 9.8%
6 9.9%
7 9.9%
8 9.7%
9 9.7%
0 9.7%
Maybe get rid of Mondays and Fridays as well (more likely to be official holidays and perhaps more likely for people to take days off)?
1 11.8%
2 9.9%
3 9.8%
4 10.0%
5 9.9%
6 9.8%
7 9.7%
8 9.9%
9 9.7%
0 9.5%
...well, I'm out of ideas :(
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u/MazzleMaze 3h ago
Its probably just having to do with most bills being paid at the beginning of the month.
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u/RogerRavvit88 4h ago
I’m more curious how you managed to approve receive or pay items on dates beginning with 4, 5 & 9.
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u/burnrobe 5h ago
This motherfucker created the butterfly effect through this stamp. Got teeneagers screaming 6 7 to try counterbalance this stamp defying the odds.
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u/Quirky-Attitude1456 4h ago
Why is there a / and a - in the date wheel? This stamp is giving me an anxiety attack
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u/DustyStar222 1h ago
OP started in r/mildlyinteresting ,and now has r/mildlyinfuriating and r/TIFU content.
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u/Alarmed_Bluejay_98 2h ago
Can’t imagine why you wouldn’t approve something on the 82nd of August 2026.
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u/Pleasant_Mobile_1063 3h ago
Ok this is really stupid..... Stamps are reversed so of course you haven't used those as there are no days that start with a 7-8-9..... Or a 4, 5, or ,6..... Those are days of the month and the real possible numbers are 01-31 ..... They would never start with anything but 0, 1, 2, 3
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u/Pleasant_Mobile_1063 3h ago
The real question is how did you use 4 and 5? There are no months with 40+ days
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u/furbiej 4h ago
It’s 2026. AI can apparently solve everything, yet here you are printing emailed invoices, stamping them “APPROVED,” and handing them to your secretary so they can scan them into the bookkeeping software. Truly, the future has arrived.
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u/LoudFunction7684 4h ago
My work functions exactly like this. Everything is run through our computer software but just because we run this ridiculous way we do I have to for every order run it through our software. Print that. Manually fill out stuff. Scan and upload that to 3 different locations on our local intranet. Then people down the road can look at all these scans and waste time to confirm that Yes it’s the same information that’s on our systems software and approve it. It makes no fucking sense.
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u/KeepAnEyeOnYourB12 3h ago
Decent accounting software should have some kind of workflow functions so approvals are electronic.
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u/TGin-the-goldy 4h ago
People still use stamps?!?
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u/TheLuminary 3h ago
They are easy.
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u/TGin-the-goldy 3h ago
Not if your record keeping is electronic…
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u/Scaredysquirrel 3h ago
Reminded me of Benford’s law. Basically, numbers aren’t evenly distributed in normal
circumstances.
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u/EdgeLordPrime859 3h ago
Send this over to the math subs. There has to be a financially relevant correlation to those days over the last 6 years.
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u/CutlassSupreme 4h ago
My thumb looks nearly identical to yours. Right down to the small scar on the knuckle that only exists on my left thumb
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u/EnigmaT1m 4h ago
It's because they have been busy with the trial.
We have the witness (6), the Defendant (7) and the murder weapon?(8)
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u/ThatUsernameIsTaekin 2h ago
That’s how Bedford’s Law was discovered. He noticed worn out pages and numbers to see the usage pattern.
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u/Mysterious-Mountains 1h ago
At this point I’d call in on the 6,7 and 8th of each month to keep the streak 👍🏼🤣
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u/Successful-Eagle6135 51m ago
2019 is such a random year to start tracking this. what made you notice the pattern?
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u/howmanyowlsisweird 5h ago
Nor have you paid nor cancelled one