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date = 2022-02-22
title = "Tuesday"
description = "2-22-22 || 22-2-22"
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## Tuesday, Twosday
I'm taking a break from my usual technology-related posts and writing
about something a little more enjoyable today.
Today is Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022. Today is 02-22-2022. Today is
Twosday.
Let's look at everything that fell in place today:
1. Written in the `m-dd-yy` or `dd-m-yy` formats,
today is 2-22-22 or 22-2-22, which is a neat little palindrome in
either format. (The last ubiquitous six-digit palindrome was
1-11-11.)
2. Today is Tuesday, which is why everyone is using the nickname
Twosday to call out these similarities.
3. Falling on Tuesday means today is the 2nd day of the week (for most
cultures. For the US, it's the 3rd day of the week since we start
on Sunday).
4. The only culture I could find with a connection to a `2`
is that some Slavic languages derived their version of Tuesday from
the Old Church Slavonic word `въторъ`, meaning "the
second."
5. Written in the classic monospaced, digital font (think of digital
clocks from the 80s/90s), there is nice symmetry to the numbers
([view the image
here](https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20220222-tuesday/digital_font.png)!).
6. This one isn't naturally-occurring, but it seems people around the
world are celebrating the day. For example, a group is putting
together
[[<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2-22-22-a-collective-wedding-ceremony-at-the-state-capitol-tickets-211434605597>][a
wedding of 222 couples at the California State Capitol in
Sacramento]], concluding at exactly 2:22 PM. These couples will
record their marriage dates as 2-22-22 2:22 PM. Tickets were on sale
for \$222.22.
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