Evan Prodromou

Do you celebrate March 14 as Pi Day?

#EvanPoll #poll

Yes
Yes, but...
No, but...
No
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Show threadJamie12h ago

@evan Fun story, 3 years back I was runner up to be "Pi" in the big Pi Day celebrations here in Markham. Some local council member used their political leverage to get it for their kid instead and it's put me off celebrating ever since. Sure I still go to the parade and support the pizza and baked good sales, but it just all feels like a sham now. Even the Pi costume and the mini cheesecakes they throw at us just don't have the same heft as they used to. #NotMyPiDay

("celebrate"?)

Show threadδανσω12h ago
@jamie @evan no but it still tickles me a little 😊
Show threadEvan Prodromou12h ago
@jamie this is a good story
Show threadJamie10h ago
@evan in all seriousness though I demand photographic proof from those who “celebrate”. I need to see party hats and blowers, balloons, rented bouncy castles and clowns, etc. I do not subscribe to the idea that ordering a pizza and having some lemon meringue for dessert constitutes “celebration”. That’s just a dressed-up Tuesday night in my books.
Show threadPhilip Mallegol-Hansen7h ago

@jamie Inversely, some may be jealous that your Tuesday nights apparently amount to a celebration every week.

Certainly the luxury of being able to order food amounts to a serious celebration for some.
@evan

Show threadEvan Prodromou6h ago
@jamie people celebrate how they celebrate.
Show threadPaul Turnbull 🇨🇦12h ago
@evan More recognize than celebrate although we are ordering pizza today. I do have friends who go all out and have a big get together with many, many, many pies.
Show threadPhilip Mallegol-Hansen12h ago
@evan Yes, but it’s an ongoing exercise in trying to be a person who prioritizes having fun, over being a person who grins their teeth at the MM/DD date format.
Show threadpenryu12h ago
@evan Thank you for this poll
Show threadEvan Prodromou11h ago
@penryu welcome to my oll. Notice there is no "p" in it. Let's keep it that way.
Show threadNizar Kerkeni 🇹🇳 نزار القرقني11h ago

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Show threadEvan Prodromou11h ago
@nizarus reshared, Ty!
Show threadMother Bones10h ago
@evan Yes, but this year I forgot and I don't really have pie ingredients.
Show threadT Alex Beamish10h ago
@evan Having pizza (pie) tonight with a pie to be named later for dessert. Hoping to post in about 90 minutes to really celebrate. #PiDay
Show threadjimfl10h ago
@evan What I celebrate is any excuse to eat pie
Show threadEvan Prodromou4h ago
@jimfl I mean, who wouldn't?
Show threaddisorderlyf9h ago
@evan Mostly to point out tau > pi
Show threadpedro 🍉8h ago
@evan No, because in the rest of the world the month comes after the day. I know there is no 31 April, but still, celebrating it on 14/3 would feel weird.
Show threadDave Neary8h ago
@evan Yes, but ... 22/7 is a better approximation, and month-first dates are not common worldwide.
Show threadRpsu (326 ppm)8h ago

@evan I celebrate it 31.4.

No wait.

Show threadLog 🪵6h ago
@evan Yes, but the pie should be eaten at 1:59:26. PM, 'cause I ain't getting up that early.
Show threadMartin5h ago
@evan
We write the date as 14.3. so it looks weird to connect it to π.
Show threadRupert V/5h ago
@evan but we're not like those weirdos celebrating tau day on 6.28
Show threadKeith Dawson5h ago

@evan

I voted yes because I do celebrate; but I consider March 14 to be Lesser Pi Day. July 22 is Greater Pi Day, since 22/7 approximates pi to three decimal places better than 3.14 does.

Show threadEvan Prodromou5h ago
@kdawson I agree!
Show threadEdwin G. 5h ago

@evan Yes, when the Fediverse points it out.

I’m bad with calendar dates 😆

Show threadJim DeLaHunt4h ago
@evan No, but I do recognise it as tau/2 day.
Show threadJargoggles4h ago
@evan
Europeans celebrate Pi Day on the 3rd day of Quattuordecember.
Show threadEvan Prodromou4h ago
@jargoggles in the Mayan Long Count 3.14.15.9.3 is August 27, 1639 BCE
Show threadEvan Prodromou4h ago
@jargoggles unfortunately the civilizations that used this calendar wouldn't emerge for another 1500 years. 🫤 But I bet they made great pies.
Show threadDavid B. 2h ago
@evan No, I'm not American and I know how to pronounce π.