February Memes

Behold, the rare application of calendar science to streaming economics. Creating a Netflix account on February 29th (leap day) for a "free month" technically gives you a 4-year subscription since that specific date only appears once every four years. It's the temporal equivalent of finding a loophole in the universe's terms of service. Sadly, Netflix's algorithms are slightly more sophisticated than astronomical phenomena. Their definition of "month" doesn't rely on the return of a specific calendar date, but rather a 30-day countdown. Still, I appreciate the beautiful intersection of celestial mechanics and attempted subscription fraud.