Does it annoy anyone else that everyone thinks a decade ends in the 9th year?

Rob Instigator · 12.15.2009, 11:31 AM

This happenes every decade, and it annoys me every time. I do not know why people are so stupid, and why the folks in the media get this wrong every time.

a decade is ten years. NO ONE STARTS COUNTING AT ZERO!

yet, everytime a year ending in 9 is finishing up we get "best of the decade" lists and all sorts of stupid end of decade crap. fucking moron people. 2010 is the last year of the first decade of the 2000's. simple as that. people are such morons. The next decade does not start until 2011.

rant over.

ni'k · 12.15.2009, 11:33 AM

i disagree

SYRFox · 12.15.2009, 11:36 AM

Hmm, okay, it should technically be "best of the decade" but "best of the 00's" (since 2010 is in the 10s). It's hardly something I'd be angry with though

Rob Instigator · 12.15.2009, 11:37 AM

2010 is not in the teens,

a decade is ten years.
2010 is the end of the "aughts."

2020 is the end of the teens, etc.

it is what it is.

gmku · 12.15.2009, 11:43 AM

I have to admit I always think of the zero year as the start of the decade and the 9 year as the end. For example, how can you say 1970 was part of the 60s when there's no 60s in the number? Eh? It's not 196070.

SYRFox · 12.15.2009, 11:44 AM

Nope, 2010 is in the 10s but in the 201th decade. A decade is from year ***1 to year **10; the label "*0s", though, is used to encircle years ***0 to ***9. It basically defines the years ending in that or that.
Man this is getting technical

Trasher02 · 12.15.2009, 11:44 AM

Honestly? I don't care.

SYRFox · 12.15.2009, 11:44 AM

Quote:

2000s (decade)

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Millennium: 3rd millennium Centuries: 20th century – 21st century – 22nd century Decades: 1970s 1980s 1990s – 2000s – 2010s 2020s 2030s Years: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Categories: Births – Deaths – Architecture
Establishments – Disestablishments The 2000s is the decade that started on January 1, 2000 and ends on December 31, 2009. It is the current decade,

OH OH OH

gmku · 12.15.2009, 11:46 AM

^ Yep. This is the only way it makes sense.

Quit trying to fuck with our minds, Rob! You dada-ist surrealist-hater you.

Rob Instigator · 12.15.2009, 11:48 AM

there was NO YEAR 0

Rob Instigator · 12.15.2009, 11:48 AM

do you count to ten like this?

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

gmku · 12.15.2009, 11:48 AM

Stop.

gmku · 12.15.2009, 11:49 AM

Number 9, number 9, number 9... .

SYRFox · 12.15.2009, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

do you count to ten like this?

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

No
But the label "x0's" is not used to count years since year 1, only to refer to years ending in x0's.

Rob Instigator · 12.15.2009, 11:51 AM

wikipedia as a barometer for correctness? ha!

SYRFox · 12.15.2009, 11:51 AM

The difference is basically the same in between "The 20th century" and "The years 1900"
The 20th century ended December 31st, 2000
The years 1900 ended December 31st, 1999

SYRFox · 12.15.2009, 11:53 AM

I just blew your mind didn't I?

gmku · 12.15.2009, 11:53 AM

So, was 1970 part of the 1960s? No. I refuse to believe it.

gmku · 12.15.2009, 11:55 AM

OK, I'm willing to agree to this. For tight-ass accountant nerd types, the decade can end on the zero year. For the rest of us normal people, it goes from 0 to 9.

SYRFox · 12.15.2009, 11:57 AM

picture of a guy enraging as the real decade only ends in one year and everyone thinks it's the end of the decade

12.15.2009, 11:31 AM	#1
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	This happenes every decade, and it annoys me every time. I do not know why people are so stupid, and why the folks in the media get this wrong every time. a decade is ten years. NO ONE STARTS COUNTING AT ZERO! yet, everytime a year ending in 9 is finishing up we get "best of the decade" lists and all sorts of stupid end of decade crap. fucking moron people. 2010 is the last year of the first decade of the 2000's. simple as that. people are such morons. The next decade does not start until 2011. rant over. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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ni'k invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,360	i disagree
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SYRFox invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris Posts: 7,492	Hmm, okay, it should technically be "best of the decade" but "best of the 00's" (since 2010 is in the 10s). It's hardly something I'd be angry with though
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12.15.2009, 11:37 AM	#4
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	2010 is not in the teens, a decade is ten years. 2010 is the end of the "aughts." 2020 is the end of the teens, etc. it is what it is. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	I have to admit I always think of the zero year as the start of the decade and the 9 year as the end. For example, how can you say 1970 was part of the 60s when there's no 60s in the number? Eh? It's not 196070. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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12.15.2009, 11:44 AM	#6
SYRFox invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris Posts: 7,492	Nope, 2010 is in the 10s but in the 201th decade. A decade is from year *1 to year 10; the label "0s", though, is used to encircle years 0 to *9. It basically defines the years ending in that or that. Man this is getting technical
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Trasher02 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 6,356	Honestly? I don't care. __________________ 666
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12.15.2009, 11:46 AM	#9
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	^ Yep. This is the only way it makes sense. Quit trying to fuck with our minds, Rob! You dada-ist surrealist-hater you. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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12.15.2009, 11:48 AM	#10
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	there was NO YEAR 0 __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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12.15.2009, 11:48 AM	#12
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Stop. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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12.15.2009, 11:49 AM	#13
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Number 9, number 9, number 9... . __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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12.15.2009, 11:51 AM	#15
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	wikipedia as a barometer for correctness? ha! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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12.15.2009, 11:53 AM	#17
SYRFox invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris Posts: 7,492	I just blew your mind didn't I?
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12.15.2009, 11:55 AM	#19
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	OK, I'm willing to agree to this. For tight-ass accountant nerd types, the decade can end on the zero year. For the rest of us normal people, it goes from 0 to 9. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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12.15.2009, 11:57 AM	#20
SYRFox invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris Posts: 7,492	picture of a guy enraging as the real decade only ends in one year and everyone thinks it's the end of the decade
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