Why is the 1 changing?

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WoofImDoge on January 7th, 2018 at 22:16 UTC »

Fresh 1 for fresh year

gogoatee on January 8th, 2018 at 01:57 UTC »

Here's a better question: how are four sides supposed to represent ten digits?

chubcakess on January 8th, 2018 at 02:18 UTC »

because 17 and 18 are different numbers you big dummy