Why not? They made a movie about it!
Posted on 12/26/2009 9:00:19 AM PST by Perdogg
I keep seeing all of the specials and news stories about the "Decade's best this.." and the "Decade's best that.." however, the decade is not over.
The new decade will not begin until January 1st, 2011.
You cannot have year 0.
Why not? They made a movie about it!
Its pretty simple - you are asking thew world to conform to a standard you prefer, which is different than the one that has long been established. For example:
The 1990s decade:
1. 1990
2. 1991
3. 1992
4. 1993
5. 1994
6. 1995
7. 1996
8. 1997
9. 1998
10. 1999
The 2000s decade:
1. 2000
2. 2001
3. 2002
4. 2003
5. 2004
6. 2005
7. 2006
8. 2007
9. 2008
10. 2009
And just as there is (was) no year 0, there is no “st’ in the date you list, “The new decade will not begin until
January 1st, 2011.” It is simply January 21, 2011. Look at your calendar or this morning’s newspaper. Your “st” is unnecessary, redundant, superfluous, and highly affected.
Just for review, it would be the first (1st) day of January, but the actual date, is simply January 1.
Drove me crazy too. I have a Nebraska newspaper from Jan. 1, 1901 with a headline that reads WELCOME TO THE 20th CENTURY!
Y2k hangover? Get over it. Nobody is counting from zero. They are cherry picking a ten year period.
Back in ‘99 with all that Millenium stuff going on, there was one voice who was calling hogwash that 2000 was the start of the new century, insisting it was 2001. It was... Fidel Castro...
(sorry, don’t hit me !)
;-D
what historical events took place in year 0?
Decades begin and end when the majority say they do. This isn’t math. If most believe the millenium started January 1, 2000, then it did. If most people believe the next decade starts in a few days, then guess what? It does. No year zero doesn’t matter. Again, it’s not math.
Right.
The 1990’s decade ended on Dec 31, 1999.
Wrong.
The '90s began on January 1, 1991. They ended on December 31, 2000.
The first decade A.D. did not encompass the years 0-9 A.D. They encompassed the years 1-10 A.D. Call them "The First Decade," if you will.
The second decade A.D. did not encompass the years 10-19 A.D. They encompassed the years 11-20 A.D. Call them "The Teens," if you will.
The third decade A.D. did not encompass the years 20-29 A.D. They encompassed the years 21-30 A.D. Call them "The Twenties," if you will.
Years 1 A.D. through 10 A.D. = The first decade A.D.
Years 11 A.D. through 20 A.D. = The second decade A.D. ("The Teens").
Years 21 A.D. through 30 A.D. = The third decade A.D. ("The Twenties.")
Hence, the old Millennium (and The 20th Century) ended on December 31, 2000. The new Millennium (and The 21st Century) began on January 1st, 2001.
Decades span 10 years...period.
Centuries span 100 years...period.
Millennia span 1000 years...period.
There is no year "zero."
If we are going to name decades and centuries, we should be accurate about when they begin and when they end, keeping in mind that decades must encompass 10 years and that centuries must encompass 100 years. Playing fast and loose with order is for libtards.
Right. The ‘20s didn’t include 1920. They included 1930.
Every year is the end of a decade. In fact, every day is the end of a decade.
The Sun rose and set 365 times. No. Wait. The earth rotated on it's axis 365 times.
Try convincing people there are twelve days of Christmas, beginning on December 25th.
No one was more fanatical than me in pointing out that the 21st Century began on January 1, 2001.
But the convention of “the 1900’s” or the “aughties” through the 90’s are a different matter. The eras implied by digits rather than ordinally are just straightforward - except around the start of the Christian era. Then you could say the “aughties” ran from 9 B.C. (if anyone had known they were within 10 years of Christ) through 9 A.D., a “decade” of 18 years, or the 000’s from 99 B.C. through 99 A.D., 198 years, though specifying AD or BC is usual to divide them in half, “decades” of 9 or “centuries” of 99 years. Since 00’s are not always 100 years, it would strictly not be proper to refer to them as centuries in an ordinal sense.
You're incorrect. The long-established standard has always been otherwise.
As recently as the late 60s a movie was made called 2001: A Space Odyssey. It was about weird stuff occurring at the beginning of the new millennium.
The Gregorian Calendar lays this stuff out. Disregarding long-established order is for libtards.
In common parlance and common usage, for the past 50 years, at least, a decade has included the 10 years that share the first 3 digits of the 4-digit year.
But hey, I can’t stand the media, so I don’t mind any disparagement of them - but there so many REAL reasons to disparage them that I find this one to be a waste of time and far off the mark as to why they are sinister. Adopting common usage in this context is hardly sinister.
I do not believe that reality is defined by 'common parlance and common usage'.
Why not have a year zero? It’s not like a person in the year 150 B.C. had a calendar with -150 on it. Just add one to the B.C. years and it works out fine.
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