[QUOTE](CNN) -- Americans will usher in the new decade less hopeful than they were at the dawn of the millennium in 2000, says a new national poll.
In 1999, 85 percent of Americans surveyed said they were hopeful about their own future, and 68 percent said they were hopeful for what the New Year boded for the world.
A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Thursday found 69 percent of Americans hopeful for their future, and 51 percent hopeful for the world.
The survey polled 1,160 Americans. The margin of error is plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.
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Source: [url]http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/12/31/us.confidence.poll/index.html[/url]
Poll: [url]http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/12/31/nye.pdf[/url]
To the unhopeful future, America! :buddy:
It's not even a new decade, it's 1-9. The end of 2010 will be a new decade.
[QUOTE=Ohim;19339256]It's not even a new decade, it's 0-9. The end of 2010 will be a new decade.[/QUOTE]
So the new millennium started only at the end of 2000 huh.
"Although any period of ten years is a decade,[1][2] a convenient and frequently referenced interval is based on the tens digit of the calendar year, as in using 1960s to represent the decade from 1960 to 1969." Oh wow Wikipedia knows better than you.
[quote=ohim;19339256]it's not even a new decade, it's 0-9. The end of 2010 will be a new decade.[/quote]
2000 - 2009 is 10 years.
[QUOTE=Ohim;19339256]It's not even a new decade, it's 0-9. The end of 2010 will be a new decade.[/QUOTE]
So a decade is 11 years to you then? When does the next one start, 2022?
EDIT: ninja'd by above post, kinda
EDIT2: What did I read wrong?
EDIT3: I'm not stupid, I don't mean that ", it's 0-9" implies 11 years, but that the 2000 from that part, coupled with the 2010, is 11 years.
[QUOTE=Funcoot;19339289]2000 - 2009[/QUOTE]
Yes 1-9. It's now 1'st January which is still 1-9 because 2010 ain't been completed, once it is, then it's a new decade; 1-10. BECAUSE then 10 FULL years have been COMPLETED.
-snip- expected automerge
Hurrdurr I hereby declare the decade being 2004-2013 since I really like making no sense.
[QUOTE=Ohim;19339320]Yes 0-9. It's now 1'st January which is still 0-9 because 2010 ain't been completed, once it is, then it's a new decade; 0-10. BECAUSE then 10 FULL years have been COMPLETED.[/QUOTE]
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
That looks like 11 digits to me :confused:
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;19339500]0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
That looks like 11 digits to me :confused:[/QUOTE]
Sigh, you're so dumb it amazes me.
A decade = 1 full year being completed. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
The 10th ain't been completed.
It's funny how stupid you guys are on Facepunch.
[QUOTE=Ohim;19339256]It's not even a new decade, it's 0-9. The end of 2010 will be a new decade.[/QUOTE]
Oh yeah I forgot the year 2000 was part of the 90s.
[quote]A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Thursday found 69 percent of Americans hopeful for their future, and 51 percent hopeful for the world.[/quote]
Americans still believe that their country is better off than the rest of the world?
What?
That's what happens when you live in a shit country
[QUOTE=Ohim;19339553]Sigh, you're so dumb it amazes me.
A decade = 1 full year being completed. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
The 10th ain't been completed.
It's funny how stupid you guys are on Facepunch.[/QUOTE]
So after nine it jumps to one huh.
[QUOTE=Ohim;19339553]Sigh, you're so dumb it amazes me.
A decade = 1 full year being completed. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
The 10th ain't been completed.
It's funny how stupid you guys are on Facepunch.[/QUOTE]
Wow the 10'ers are stupider than the 09'ers
[QUOTE=Ohim;19339553]Sigh, you're so dumb it amazes me.
A decade = 1 full year being completed. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
The 10th ain't been completed.
It's funny how stupid you guys are on Facepunch.[/QUOTE]Go back to English and Math school for the love of God.
[QUOTE=Ohim;19339553]Sigh, you're so dumb it amazes me.
A decade = 1 full year being completed. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
The 10th ain't been completed.
It's funny how stupid you guys are on Facepunch.[/QUOTE]
The tenth [i]ain't[/i] completed and we [i]ain't[/i] smart.
It all makes sense now.
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And yes it is funny how stupid we are we should start a sitcom starring Will Smith.
[QUOTE=Ohim;19339553]Sigh, you're so dumb it amazes me.
A decade = 1 full year being completed. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
The 10th ain't been completed.
It's funny how stupid you guys are on Facepunch.[/QUOTE]
sorry you forgot the year 2000. it's 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
and if you count those that's 10 digits. 2010 is the beginning of another decade just like 2000 was.
[editline]11:14PM[/editline]
basically you're the idiot
[QUOTE=Conscript;19341051]sorry you forgot the year 2000. it's 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
and if you count those that's 10 digits. 2010 is the beginning of another decade just like 2000 was.
[editline]11:14PM[/editline]
basically you're the idiot[/QUOTE]
Thank you.
After all the shit that's happened no one is in the mood for hopeful these days.
[QUOTE=Ohim;19339553]Sigh, you're so dumb it amazes me.
A decade = 1 full year being completed. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
The 10th ain't been completed.
It's funny how stupid you guys are on Facepunch.[/QUOTE]
Go crawl back into your cave. You have been proven wrong. Not that there was ever any doubt
[QUOTE=Ohim;19339553]Sigh, you're so dumb it amazes me.
A decade = 1 full year being completed. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
The 10th ain't been completed.
It's funny how stupid you guys are on Facepunch.[/QUOTE]
You don't know how to count, I find it silly
[QUOTE=Ohim;19339553]Sigh, you're so dumb it amazes me.
A decade = 1 full year being completed. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
The 10th ain't been completed.
It's funny how stupid you guys are on Facepunch.[/QUOTE]
Your reputation is ruined beyond repair, leave now.
lol poor '10ers
No shit. Over the last decade we invaded and occupied 2 countries, watched the two tallest buildings in New York collapse and kill 3,000 someodd people, had our retirement accounts almost entirely wiped out, saw New Orleans get completely demolished, slogged through $5 a gallon gas, had hundreds of billions in tax money given to the very people who destroyed our retirement accounts, and just in the last year got hit with a massive unemployment wave.
It was a fucking miserable 10 years for everyone, I'm surprised even that many people are still optimistic. The wars aren't ending any time soon, and the coming decade is just going to bring ever more crushing overpopulation and ever more scarce and expensive resources. I have a feeling the good days are permanently behind us.
I think this is the first time I have used the optimistic rating in a way even remotely related to its intended use.
[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;19342877]No shit. Over the last decade we invaded and occupied 2 countries, watched the two tallest buildings in New York collapse and kill 3,000 someodd people, had our retirement accounts almost entirely wiped out, saw New Orleans get completely demolished, slogged through $5 a gallon gas, had hundreds of billions in tax money given to the very people who destroyed our retirement accounts, and just in the last year got hit with a massive unemployment wave.
It was a fucking miserable 10 years for everyone, I'm surprised even that many people are still optimistic. The wars aren't ending any time soon, and the coming decade is just going to bring ever more crushing overpopulation and ever more scarce and expensive resources. I have a feeling the good days are permanently behind us.[/QUOTE]
I got laid. Wasn't so bad for everyone.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;19342958]I got laid. Wasn't so bad for everyone.[/QUOTE]
Did he cry?
[QUOTE=Trotsky;19343264]Did he cry?[/QUOTE]
:hurr:
[QUOTE=Trotsky;19343264]Did he cry?[/QUOTE]
:hurr:
EDIT: Oh shit, ninja
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