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New decade
Posted on 12/31/19 at 3:18 pm
Posted on 12/31/19 at 3:18 pm
Why does the decade begin at year in 2020 and not 2021. Did Jesus and the people back then decide to start at 0? I don't start counting my fingers at zero. Why should I begin counting years or decades at zero.
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Posted on 12/31/19 at 3:19 pm to yatesdog38
Think of 1/1/2020 as day 1. Start counting
Posted on 12/31/19 at 3:20 pm to yatesdog38
Because it's easier for retards like you
Posted on 12/31/19 at 3:21 pm to Rougaroux
so should I start counting day 1 at zero. Like when I start a job should I say this is the zero day that I started on?
Posted on 12/31/19 at 3:23 pm to yatesdog38
quote:
so should I start counting day 1 at zero. Like when I start a job should I say this is the zero day that I started on?
No
And 10 or 20 or 30 aren't zero
What the hell are you smoking
Posted on 12/31/19 at 3:26 pm to Powerman
Afgooey
Posted on 12/31/19 at 3:27 pm to yatesdog38
Posted on 12/31/19 at 3:27 pm to Powerman
quote:They are the zero/ten of each decade. That's OP's point. Why do we consider them the zero instead of the 10?
And 10 or 20 or 30 aren't zero
There was no year 0, we started with year 1. Are you telling me the first decade AD was only 9 years?
Posted on 12/31/19 at 3:30 pm to yatesdog38
quote:no, it is day 1. When you reach 365, it will have been 1 year. You keep going until you get to 10 years. That is a decade.
so should I start counting day 1 at zero
Posted on 12/31/19 at 3:30 pm to yatesdog38
quote:
Did Jesus and the people back then decide to start at 0?
Are you under the impression that Jesus invented the calendar?
Posted on 12/31/19 at 3:31 pm to PearlJam
quote:Exactly. The first decade AD was the years 1-10. The second decade was 11-20. Likewise, 2020 is the last year of this decade. 2021 will be the first year of the next decade.
You keep going until you get to 10 years. That is a decade.
Posted on 12/31/19 at 3:32 pm to Powerman
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What the hell are you smoking
Posted on 12/31/19 at 3:40 pm to yatesdog38
there was no year zero
1 B.C. - 1 A.D.
1 B.C. - 1 A.D.
Posted on 12/31/19 at 3:44 pm to yatesdog38
quote:
Why does the decade begin at year in 2020 and not 2021. Did Jesus and the people back then decide to start at 0? I don't start counting my fingers at zero. Why should I begin counting years or decades at zero.
Because we are starting the '20s. It would be dumb to start the '20s in 2021. Just like the '80s started in 1980.
Posted on 12/31/19 at 3:46 pm to yatesdog38
quote:The decade does not end with 2019; it ends with 2020.
Why does the decade begin at year in 2020 and not 2021.
Posted on 12/31/19 at 3:49 pm to Salviati
quote:Stephen Jay Gould disagreed, so go frick your whore mother
The decade does not end with 2019; it ends with 2020.
Posted on 12/31/19 at 3:51 pm to tom1987
quote:We do that to make the math fit the language, but it's still not correct. The year 2000 was literally the 2000th year AD, the last year of the second millennium. 2001 was the first year of the 3rd millennium.
Because we are starting the '20s. It would be dumb to start the '20s in 2021. Just like the '80s started in 1980.
We shift the decades a year so that the names we make up for them fit the language neatly - "the 20s". A decade is just a block of a 10 year time period, though, so I could start counting a new decade at any second of any day of any year.
Posted on 12/31/19 at 3:52 pm to Salviati
quote:The beginning or the end of 2020?
The decade does not end with 2019; it ends with 2020.
Posted on 12/31/19 at 3:52 pm to Korkstand
quote:STEPHEN JAY GOULD BITCH
The year 2000 was literally the 2000th year AD, the last year of the second millennium. 2001 was the first year of the 3rd millennium.
Posted on 12/31/19 at 3:54 pm to yatesdog38
Nobody cares. Stop being so dang obsessive compulsive
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