Does the answer entail a crystal ball or a time machine? The final year of the current decade is 2020. Got a whole ‘nother year to
go. A lot can happen in a year.
Eschew ignorance.
Is this right? Isn't 2019 the last year of the decade and 2020 the first of the next?
shareYou're right. Just like 1999 was the last year of the 20th century.
shareNo, it was not. I will say this only once, and it is not subject to debate, because fact is not debatable. The Calendar we use STARTED with the Year 1. The first decade of our calendar was years 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Is that clear? Are we all good? Human ages differ 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 calendar ages. We are born at age 0. When someone says to a Mum, “What a cute babe. How old is she?,” we reply something like “Eight months.” When we hit 1 year old, we are in our SECOND YEAR of life! When the Calendar for Time on Earth hits Year 2, we are Beginning the second year of life on earth under that calendar. There NEVER WAS a year 0 on the calendar. I know this feels counterintuitive, because we think of time in terms of our personal age, but this is the fact.
shareI did a little research on this and you're right. I stand corrected.
The 21st (twenty-first) century is the current century of the Anno Domini era or Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. It began on January 1, 2001, and will end on December 31, 2100.It is the first century of the 3rd millennium. It is distinct from the century known as the 2000s which began on January 1, 2000, and will end on December 31, 2099. - Wikipedia
I hate being wrong but I will admit when I am.
It is not subject to debate. I hope everyone got that because it will only be said once. Your arrogance is magnificent, you’re like everyone’s least favourite teacher in high school.
Thanks all the same but I’ll debate what I want, with or without your approval.
Well the third millennium didn’t really start until 2001 since there was no year zero. Even though most people celebrated it a year earlier in 2000.
shareThank you. Most media outlets, which influence most people, are facile and stupid AND pander to
the dumbest common thinking. Why does one think Arthur C. Clarke named his novel 2001(A SpaceOdyssey) [sic]? BECAUSE 2001 was the FIRST year of the 21st century! Sheesh!
Yep, I always thought a decade was years 1 through 10, not 0 through 9.
shareReally? So 1960 is in the 50s?
shareAccording to what I learned back in the dark ages, yes. 1960 is the final year of the 1950s. 1951 is year 1, and 1960 is year 10. Obviously a lot of folks today define it differently.
shareGod-damned Google lied to me the shifty bitch lol Here's what I got when I asked when do the 2020s start...
The 2020s (pronounced "twenty-twenties" or "two thousand (and) twenties", shortened to "the '20s") is the upcoming decade in the Gregorian calendar that will begin on 1 January 2020, and will end on 31 December 2029.
Like I said, in the olden days...and yes, nowadays it is very common to think that the decade ends in the year 9.
I've been wondering for years why so many folks insist on saying "two thousand and fifteen" or whatever. What the heck is wrong with saying twenty-fifteen? I've been saying twenty-whatever since 2001, twenty-oh-one. It's easier. And we weren't saying "one thousand nine hundred and whatever" in the 1900s. Oh, and I never regressed to saying "twenty aught one."
I'm with you, I've been saying twenty-whatever too.
I wonder now that we're almost out of the teens whether we'll collectively drop the twenty and just go back to saying the decade - like the 20s, 30s, 40s etc. And will we give them nick-names like in the 1900s? "The roaring 20s" and so on... Only time will tell I guess.
Interesting question about the roaring 20s. I don't recall any other decade names. Do you? Obviously some decades were dominated by world events, like the Great Depression in the 30s, WWII in the 40s, etc., but I don't think they spawned any names.
shareNow that you mention it... ummm... ooh THE SWINGING SIXTIES! That's the only one I can think of though.
shareThe 70s used to be called the 'Me' decade. But you never hear that anymore.
shareAnd that is correct - the 20's will start on 1/1/20. Decades as we know them don't have anything to do with when centuries begin and end - which is how the year "1" comes into play and screws up the end date for any century. The 21st century started on 1/1/2001, but the decade began on 1/1/2000.
shareI guess someone could come up with a monster run of hits in November/December of '19 and steal it from her.
Not likely though.
It doesn't matter, there's nothing worth writing home about out there anyway. Let's just get it over and done with. Almost artist of the almost decade.
shareShe's so overrated. That's not even funny anymore
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