Plus an annual subscription saves around sixteen bucks over the monthly rate.
Though then I recalled that my last annual subscription ran out a few days earlier than I expected it to. A little research confirmed that, according to Crunchyroll itself,
Our subscription services are billed on a 30-day cycle (or 90 days, or 360 days), not a fixed rate. Since all months do not have exactly 30 days, the billing date can fluctuate, which can result in these changes.
Ah, now it makes sense. With the more typical month-to-month payment systems, we don't mind getting screwed over in February because the seven 31-day months will make up for it. The whole system is still more irrational than it needs to be.
If I ruled the world, I'd create a calendar of twelve 30-day months with four one-day festival days for the equinoxes and solstices, plus an extra day for the New Year. Then I'd shift the year forward ten days so that the Winter Solstice fell on New Year's Eve.
In ancient times, kings and emperors issued debt relief decrees on special occasions to win the loyalty of the masses. Given the complexities of modern economies, that wouldn't work today without creating all sorts of moral hazards.
I would stipulate that no rents or interest could be charged during those five festival days. This rule would not apply to all the common per diem expenses, only to rolling monthly and yearly accrued charges.
I'm sure it would take no time at all for retailers to come up with all sorts of "Interest free!" sales.
Oh, and I would get rid of Daylight Saving Time too.
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Interesting ideas Eugene. I have a question about those who advocate eliminating clock changes. You do this and then you have a conundrum. As spring approaches, the number of hours of daylight increases substantially, especially so for locations north and south of the "tropics". It would be preferable to have more of these hours of daylight occur after school and work. How do you allow this to happen?
ReplyDeleteDST is a blunt force way to creating an extra hour of daylight without schools and businesses having to change their schedules. Eliminate the clock change and I venture there would be public advocacy to change school and work schedules so people could enjoy more daylight after work in the spring and summer. But is this not the same thing that DST accomplishes?
Thanks to Daylight Saving Time, at the height of the summer, the sun sets in Northern Utah at 9:00 PM, which is ridiculous. Japan manages to survive without DST. Mexico ended it last year. A handful of countries aside (Egypt, Israel, Lebanon), Asia and Africa remain on standard time all year long.
ReplyDeleteSeveral countries like Turkey and Jordan went on DST permanently. On the other hand, "Russia switched to permanent standard time in 2014 after a failed experiment to put clocks on year-round summer time in 2011." I'm with the Russians on this one. I prefer morning sunshine to evening daylight.