For Those Who Do Not Understand Whether Or Not This Is A New Decade...

[QUOTE="GreyskullPower"][QUOTE="ConBro"]

Uhh... pretty sure its a new decade boss

chessmaster1989

Yes, it is a new decade, and that's that. Your argument is worthless because it does not adhere to the calendar measure for decades. :|

Since the new millenium started in 2001, it has been only 9 years since the new millenium. 9 years is not a decade.

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This makes no sense. If that were true, since I was born in 1990, I would have been born in the 80s. Liar.

PeaceChild90

[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]

[QUOTE="GreyskullPower"] no its not. and your fired.GreyskullPower

Yes, it is a new decade, and that's that. Your argument is worthless because it does not adhere to the calendar measure for decades. :|

Since the new millenium started in 2001, it has been only 9 years since the new millenium. 9 years is not a decade.

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Urgh... the last decade officially began in 2000, regardless of when you decide for the last millenium to begin. I really don't care if you want to deny that the last decade began in 2000, because there's no real point in arguing with people who won't accept that. :|

This makes no sense. If that were true, since I was born in 1990, I would have been born in the 80s. Liar.

PeaceChild90

one decade = 10 years. A new decade could start anywhere any time. from 1995-2005 is a decade. But everyone talks decades in terms of the 70s,80s,90s, etc. So yes, to the majority of people this is a new decade. geez...._Cadbury_

Congratulations, you're one of the few people who seems to realize that.

chessmaster1989

Yes, it makes sense in that it's the year in which he was born. If we did it that way 1 BC would be the year before he was borna and 1 AD the year after he was born, 0 being the year he was born. Every other calender that bases itself around an event in the same before/after manner does it that way.

theone86

1 A.D. IS the year in which Jesus Christ was born. The year "0 A.D." doesn't exist - the year before 1 A.D. is 1 B.C..

[QUOTE="GreyskullPower"]

[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]

Yes, it is a new decade, and that's that. Your argument is worthless because it does not adhere to the calendar measure for decades. :|

chessmaster1989

Since the new millenium started in 2001, it has been only 9 years since the new millenium. 9 years is not a decade.

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Urgh... the last decade officially began in 2000, regardless of when you decide for the last millenium to begin. :|

*facepalm* you dont decide when the millenium starts or ends. people have proved that there was no year zero, and that since there is no year zero, that means the the new millenium will start in 2001. this is what you call fate.

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[QUOTE="GreyskullPower"]

Since the new millenium started in 2001, it has been only 9 years since the new millenium. 9 years is not a decade.

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GreyskullPower

Urgh... the last decade officially began in 2000, regardless of when you decide for the last millenium to begin. :|

*facepalm* you dont decide when the millenium starts or ends. people have proved that there was no year zero, and that since there is no year zero, that means the the new millenium will start in 2001. this is what you call fate.

Well, no, a millenium is no more than a 1000 year period. So, calling 2000 the start of a new millenium (which is the general consensus) is perfectly valid given the right set of dates...

[QUOTE="_Cadbury_"]one decade = 10 years. A new decade could start anywhere any time. from 1995-2005 is a decade. But everyone talks decades in terms of the 70s,80s,90s, etc. So yes, to the majority of people this is a new decade. geez....chessmaster1989

Congratulations, you're one of the few people who seems to realize that.

[QUOTE="GreyskullPower"]

[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]

Urgh... the last decade officially began in 2000, regardless of when you decide for the last millenium to begin. :|

chessmaster1989

*facepalm* you dont decide when the millenium starts or ends. people have proved that there was no year zero, and that since there is no year zero, that means the the new millenium will start in 2001. this is what you call fate.

Well, no, a millenium is no more than a 1000 year period. So, calling 2000 the start of a new millenium (which is the general consensus) is perfectly valid given the right set of dates...

Yeah, and I'm just saying that makes no sense. You're counting years before, why would you not go from counting years before to counting years after? As I said, it was just an act of religious jubilation.

theone86

Because it's NOT counting the years AFTER.

How many times do I have to state this? It starts with the year DURING, not AFTER.

[QUOTE="theone86"]

Yeah, and I'm just saying that makes no sense. You're counting years before, why would you not go from counting years before to counting years after? As I said, it was just an act of religious jubilation.

MrGeezer

Because it's NOT counting the years AFTER.

How many times do I have to state this? It starts with the year DURING, not AFTER.

I know it's not counting years after, I'm just asking why. WOuldn't it be logical to go from counting years before to counting years after?

[QUOTE="PeaceChild90"]

This makes no sense. If that were true, since I was born in 1990, I would have been born in the 80s. Liar.

GreyskullPower

Jesus man... are we REALLY arguing whether or not its a new decade? On a GAMING site forum? WHo the hell cares

[QUOTE="GreyskullPower"][QUOTE="PeaceChild90"]

This makes no sense. If that were true, since I was born in 1990, I would have been born in the 80s. Liar.

ConBro

Jesus man... are we REALLY arguing whether or not its a new decade? On a GAMING site forum? WHo the hell cares

This thread wreaks of stupid. The 90's are the 90's, not the 91's. The 00's will be the 00's and the 10's will be the 10's.

This thread wreaks of stupid. The 90's are the 90's, not the 91's. The 00's will be the 00's and the 10's will be the 10's.

RockysCatnipCo

[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]

[QUOTE="GreyskullPower"] no its not. and your fired.GreyskullPower

Yes, it is a new decade, and that's that. Your argument is worthless because it does not adhere to the calendar measure for decades. :|

Since the new millenium started in 2001, it has been only 9 years since the new millenium. 9 years is not a decade.

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[QUOTE="theone86"]

Yeah, and I'm just saying that makes no sense. You're counting years before, why would you not go from counting years before to counting years after? As I said, it was just an act of religious jubilation.

theone86

Because it's NOT counting the years AFTER.

How many times do I have to state this? It starts with the year DURING, not AFTER.

I know it's not counting years after, I'm just asking why. WOuldn't it be logical to go from counting years before to counting years after?

No.

Because the year in which Jesus Christ was (supposedly) born is 1 AD. aka, the FIRST year, "in the year of our lord".

To state otherwise is to say that today shouldn't be called January 1 since the day is on'y about 3 hours (or 1/8th of a day) old.

If 0 were designated to be the year in which Jesus Christ was born, then how would 1 AD be the first year of Jesus Christ's existence on Earth? 1 AD would then be the SECOND of Christ's years on Earth, in which case it should be designated as 2 AD.

This thread wreaks of stupid. The 90's are the 90's, not the 91's. The 00's will be the 00's and the 10's will be the 10's.

RockysCatnipCo

And "the 200th decade" is the 200th decade, NOT "the 90s".

[QUOTE="RockysCatnipCo"]

This thread wreaks of stupid. The 90's are the 90's, not the 91's. The 00's will be the 00's and the 10's will be the 10's.

MrGeezer

And "the 200th decade" is the 200th decade, NOT "the 90s".

Ok so this will probably be my last post in this thread so, obviously, no one wants to pay attention to everything that we are saying in here, and clearly there will be those who understand, those who don't understand, and people who would rather call me a liar, or stupid and just say **** it to everything that is unimportant to them. I intended for this to be a quick discussion to give people some understanding of why there is no year zero, but instead it got out of hand and this thread is too long for everyone to read completely so that no one gets confused. I fully understand that people are self-centered to the point that they will shoot you down if they disagree with what you think if the general public is not in you favor. So just forget this entire thread. It's 4:25 EST and I'm tired and I dont feel like explaining myself over and over again. I don't care if there are people who just want to say I'm wrong or not. I just want to go to sleep. Night.GreyskullPower

[QUOTE="MrGeezer"]

[QUOTE="RockysCatnipCo"]

This thread wreaks of stupid. The 90's are the 90's, not the 91's. The 00's will be the 00's and the 10's will be the 10's.

RockysCatnipCo

And "the 200th decade" is the 200th decade, NOT "the 90s".

A quick two question quiz...

1) Is 1987 in the 19th century AD, or the 20th century AD?

2) Is 2006 in the second millenium AD, or the third millenium AD?

If you managed to answer both of these questions correctly, then you surly see where i'm coming from. And if you failed to answer either of these questions correctly, then I sure as hell hope that you're not representative of what passes aas "normal".

There was a year zero: 0 to 1. Year one was 1 to 2. They didn't skip from -1 to 0 to 1 to 2.

Ok so this will probably be my last post in this thread so, obviously, no one wants to pay attention to everything that we are saying in here, and clearly there will be those who understand, those who don't understand, and people who would rather call me a liar, or stupid and just say **** it to everything that is unimportant to them. I intended for this to be a quick discussion to give people some understanding of why there is no year zero, but instead it got out of hand and this thread is too long for everyone to read completely so that no one gets confused. I fully understand that people are self-centered to the point that they will shoot you down if they disagree with what you think if the general public is not in you favor. So just forget this entire thread. It's 4:25 EST and I'm tired and I dont feel like explaining myself over and over again. I don't care if there are people who just want to say I'm wrong or not. I just want to go to sleep. Night.GreyskullPower

Thank. GOD.

[QUOTE="GreyskullPower"]Ok so this will probably be my last post in this thread so, obviously, no one wants to pay attention to everything that we are saying in here, and clearly there will be those who understand, those who don't understand, and people who would rather call me a liar, or stupid and just say **** it to everything that is unimportant to them. I intended for this to be a quick discussion to give people some understanding of why there is no year zero, but instead it got out of hand and this thread is too long for everyone to read completely so that no one gets confused. I fully understand that people are self-centered to the point that they will shoot you down if they disagree with what you think if the general public is not in you favor. So just forget this entire thread. It's 4:25 EST and I'm tired and I dont feel like explaining myself over and over again. I don't care if there are people who just want to say I'm wrong or not. I just want to go to sleep. Night._Cadbury_

Again, the "this is a new decade" adherents are NOT being more simple. They are merely complicating things.

This is the third millenium AD. This is the 21st century AD. Stick with that system and be CONSISTENT about it down to the year and the decade, and everything is a LOT simpler. All the one needs to know is what the year is. Let's hypothetically say that the year is 2157. That's information enough to state that it is the 2157thth year AD. That it is the 216th decade AD. That it is the 22nd century AD. And that it is the third millenium AD.

ALL you have to know is what year it currently is. That's it.

If that's somehow too complicated for you, then you likely believe that 2010 is part of the 20th century.

There was a year zero: 0 to 1. Year one was 1 to 2. They didn't skip from -1 to 0 to 1 to 2.

awsss

So...you're saying that today's date is January 0?

MrGeezer, you are one of the most patient men I've ever known. I'd rather stick toothpicks in my eyes than try to argue with sheep that believe everything the uninformed general media tells them.

1980-1989

1990-1999

2000-2019

This isnt a matter of opinions its general knowlage. if you think the decade starts in 2011 then your wrong.

1980-1989

1990-1999

2000-2019

This isnt a matter of opinions its general knowlage. if you think the decade starts in 2011 then your wrong.

toast_burner

1-10. ZING!

Oh look, I couldn't resist :/

Wait, 2000-2001 doesn't count? Since when? I always thought it went 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 That's 10 whole yearszbdyx

00-01 = 1st year/Year 1

01-02 = 2nd year/Year 2

etc

If we assume a beginning of all time, then the first year is from day 1 till the day #364/5. The second is from day #365/6 till the day #730/1.

You get confused with the way we count our own age where we declare we are 1 year old after the completion of year 1. Still though a new born baby is going through its first year up till the point the first year is complete. Its not going through year zero.

Therefore saying 00-01/01-02 is, well, misleading.

Conclusion:

Beginning of time: |-----Year 1----|-----Year 2----|-----Year 3----|-----Year 4----|-----Year 5----|-----Year 6----|-----Year 7----|-----Year 8----|-----Year 9----|-----Year 10----|-----Year 11----|-----Year 12----|-----Year 13----|-----Year 14----|-----Year 15----|-----Year 16----|-----Year 17----|-----Year 18----|-----Year 19----|-----Year 20----|-----Year 21----|.............

***INDEX***

Green = First decade - Red = Second decade - Blue = Third decade

| = the turning point, December 31st-January 1st

***END OF INDEX***

So we see that the new decade starts at the beginning of year #11 and #21. Thus the decade now starts at the beginning of year 2011.

There is a point zero but no year zero.

I use the traditional, wrong way of noticing the decades, thank you. That one actually makes sense.scorch-62

How does it make sense to end the decade in a year divisible by 3 instead of the year divisible by 10? It's like most people here don't realise that the 0 at the end of 2010 or 1990 stands for a multiple of ten, not for the beggining of a countdown...

[QUOTE="scorch-62"]I use the traditional, wrong way of noticing the decades, thank you. That one actually makes sense.Baranga

How does it make sense to end the decade in a year divisible by 3 instead of the year divisible by 10? It's like most people here don't realise that the 0 at the end of 2010 or 1990 stands for a multiple of ten, not for the beggining of a countdown...

[QUOTE="Baranga"]

[QUOTE="scorch-62"]I use the traditional, wrong way of noticing the decades, thank you. That one actually makes sense.scorch-62

How does it make sense to end the decade in a year divisible by 3 instead of the year divisible by 10? It's like most people here don't realise that the 0 at the end of 2010 or 1990 stands for a multiple of ten, not for the beggining of a countdown...

Denominations like the '80s or '90s do not represent the calendaristic decades that are officially used for time measurement.

A decade has ten years. The calendar starts with year 1. 1+10=11. And so on... the start of a new decade is in a year that ends in 1.

You can say the '90s represent a decade because there are ten 199x years. But that doesn't mean anything, it's arbitrary. 1867-1967 or 1850-1950 are a century - but that doesn't matter.

[QUOTE="scorch-62"][QUOTE="Baranga"]

How does it make sense to end the decade in a year divisible by 3 instead of the year divisible by 10? It's like most people here don't realise that the 0 at the end of 2010 or 1990 stands for a multiple of ten, not for the beggining of a countdown...

Denominations like the '80s or '90s do not represent the calendaristic decades that are officially used for time measurement.

A decade has ten years. The calendar starts with year 1. 1+10=11. And so on... the start of a new decade is in a year that ends in 1.

You can say the '90s represent a decade because there are ten 199x years. But that doesn't mean anything, it's arbitrary. 1867-1967 or 1850-1950 are a century - but that doesn't matter.

So it is the start of the new decade right?lol_haha_dead

It has definately been a decade since the year 2000-- 2000-2010 is 10 years (a decade); If it helps to argue semantics, thenhow long is the period 1999-2009? 10 years. How many years are in a decade? :roll:

It has definately been a decade since the year 2000-- 2000-2010 is 10 years (a decade); If it helps to argue semantics, thenhow long is the period 1999-2009? 10 years. How many years are in a decade? :roll:

ConBro

well technically the new decade only starts in 1 year
there was no year 0
0 was a point in time, the moment jesus was born, just like 1 is a point in time, one year after he was born
from point 0 to point 1, is year 1

so midnight between december 31, 2010 and january 1, 2011 is point 0, and midnight between december 31, 2011 and january 1, 2012 is point 1
so that would mean 2011 is year 1, the beginning of the new decade

I prefer it this way, but I'm going with the popculture way, it does not really matter

1910's, 1920's, 1930's, 40's, 50's,60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's, 2010's. Technically you are right, but the rest of the world doesn't agree, its a pop culture thing.

Wow you looked WAY too far into this :|

2009 turns to 2010, notice the 1 in place of the 0? That means it's a new decade :S durrrrr