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the one day a month your bank account feels like a rented tuxedo — briefly magnificent, gone by morning.
means the recurring date on which an employer actually transfers earned wages to an employee.
from tracks back to old english daeg (day) paired with pay, from old french paie — but the modern biweekly ritual is an industrial-age invention, born when factories replaced irregular wages with clockwork schedules.
friday biasmost companies pay on fridays, psychologically tied to weekend spending
biweekly mathtwice-monthly and biweekly aren't the same, despite hr's insistence
dopamine spikeneuroscience shows payday triggers reward-center activity like a small win
debt timinglenders schedule due dates right after payday on purpose