• It's not a new decade ffs!
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OP is a killjoy.
Dumbass.. Next decade starts on the 1st of January 2010 Next century starts on the 1st of January 2101 Next millenium starts on 1st of January 3001 Decade is fucking different mate.
[QUOTE=Funcoot;19353990]It's not a decade in our calender system, but 10 years have in fact commenced. If a calender system is going to exclude a year, it's a shitty calender system.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=DarkWolf2;19353694]EDIT: Revising my statement. OP is actually right and wrong as the year 0 isn't officialy accounted as a year in this situation. BUT: A decade is by definition 10 years. So for all you care people can say 2015 is a new decade if they started counting from 2005.[/QUOTE] ^As said. OP is right in this case. [editline]08:16PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Worthy;19354018]Dumbass.. Next decade starts on the 1st of January 2010 Next century starts on the 1st of January 2101 Next millenium starts on 1st of January 3001 Decade is fucking different mate.[/QUOTE] You didn't read the thread, did you.
[QUOTE=Ohim;19353944]No, it's not trolling. It's just you and the other 90% of Facepunch have the IQ of a clown. Sigh, oh lordy I did not realize God made such stupid creatures.[/QUOTE] Hah, God doesn't exist.
[QUOTE=RBM11;19353999]Like I said earlier, you are just doing this to pretend you are superior to other people just because you know something no one cares about. I tried to defend your view and you are right like I said, but get off your high horse.[/QUOTE] The idea that this is the year 2009 is not so clear cut. People didn’t start even think about what “year” it was until the 1600’s and it was pretty much a guess at how much time at passed since historical events. There is an interesting book called “The Lost Millennium” by Florin Diacu that puts forth a pretty strong argument that we may be off by as much as 1000 years, and it might be closer to the year 1000 than then year 2000. So complaining that we are off by a year doesn’t make much sense – we might be off by as much as 1000 years, and there is no way to accurately pin down dates from history. So if someone wants to call this a new decade, then whatever. Its just an arbitrary number I guess. But whatever, I'm not gonna argue. I know whats right, if you choose to think otherwise then be my guest.
Caledar counts years since baby jesus birthday. So the very first year we can count with gregoria is the year 1. That's the first year after JC. so in the 9th year after JCs birth we have the year 9. So in the 10 th year after JCs birth we have year 10 and at new years eve of 0010, 10 years have passed since christ was born. And voila, new decade. so 0011 is the first year of the second decade after Jesus birthday. Give or take 2000 years, that does nothing. New decade starts when 2011 starts.
This is a really silly thread. You can start and end a decade anywhere you like 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 ...Is a decade. It is a collection of 10 years. Also, at one second past midnight 2010, we were one second into the new year. The year had already started. Sure, it doesn't finish until the end of the year.. but that's because that's when next year starts. It has to start somewhere...
[QUOTE=Worthy;19354018]Dumbass.. Next decade starts on the 1st of January 2010 Next century starts on the 1st of January 2101 Next millenium starts on 1st of January 3001 Decade is fucking different mate.[/QUOTE] If the next century starts on January 1st, 2101 then this one must have started January 1st, 2001, right? Therefore, 2001-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 is 10 years and the next decade would start on January 1st, 2011.
god fucking dammit how hard is it. the new decade starts at 10 because from 2000 to 2010 is exactly ten years jesus christ op learn to count
Will everyone kindly shut the fuck up and enjoy the goddamn year?
[QUOTE=Ohim;19354035]The idea that this is the year 2009 is not so clear cut. People didn’t start even think about what “year” it was until the 1600’s and it was pretty much a guess at how much time at passed since historical events. There is an interesting book called “The Lost Millennium” by Florin Diacu that puts forth a pretty strong argument that we may be off by as much as 1000 years, and it might be closer to the year 1000 than then year 2000. So complaining that we are off by a year doesn’t make much sense – we might be off by as much as 1000 years, and there is no way to accurately pin down dates from history. So if someone wants to call this a new decade, then whatever. Its just an arbitrary number I guess. But whatever, I'm not gonna argue. I know whats right, if you choose to think otherwise then be my guest.[/QUOTE] In our calendar, which is the Gregorian Calendar that EVERYONE uses (except for some random tribes in Papau New Guinea and Brazil), it is the year 2010 because that's what everyone who uses this calendar puts it as. Calendars are inventions of men to measure time and if every country on earth and everyone who uses this calendar says it's 2010, it's 2010. So yes it is an arbitrary number.
2000-2001 (1) 2001-2002 (2) 2002-2003 (3) 2003-2004 (4) 2004-2005 (5) 2005-2006 (6) 2006-2007 (7) 2007-2008 (8) 2008-2009 (9) 2009-2010 (10) [highlight]2010-2011 (11)[/highlight]
2000-2001-2002-2003-2004-2005-2006-2007-2008-2009. Now, I know you cant count, but there are 10 purrrrrty numbers up there, 10=decade.
This is actually pretty funny. Me and my brother talked about this exact thing yesterday. Hilarious and yet true. Very good point that I made because this is all you hear people talk about incorrectly. I'm gonna go post this on a science forum where they're are members with actual intelligence. Also, have a happy new year to everyone. To good times and success. Best wishes. Checking out of this thread.
[QUOTE=RBM11;19354110]In our calendar, which is the Gregorian Calendar that EVERYONE uses (except for some random tribes in Papau New Guinea and Brazil), it is the year 2010 because that's what everyone who uses this calendar puts it as. Calendars are inventions of men to measure time and if every country on earth and everyone who uses this calendar says it's 2010, it's 2010. So yes it is an arbitrary number.[/QUOTE] Wrong. The Gregorian calender does not count the year 0.
[QUOTE=DarkWolf2;19353811]It's true, the year 0 is not accounted for as an actual year. The calender started at the year [b]1[/b].[/QUOTE] Year 0, October 15 AKA October 15 on the year Jesus was born (which isn't even correct, btw)
[QUOTE=RBM11;19354056]If the next century starts on January 1st, 2101 then this one must have started January 1st, 2001, right? Therefore, 2001-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 is 10 years and the next decade would start on January 1st, 2011.[/QUOTE] Centuries and milleniums are counted differently than decades. A new decade start when the end digit of a year is 0 (eg, 2000, 2010, 2020, 2030 and so on). And apparently milleniums and centuries start when the last digit of the year ends in 1 (for milleniums: 2001, 3001, 4001 and for centuries: 2001, 2101, 2201, 2301)
Who gives a shit?
[QUOTE=Ohim;19354132]This is actually pretty funny. Me and my brother talked about this exact thing yesterday. Hilarious and yet true. Very good point that I made because this is all you hear people talk about incorrectly. I'm gonna go post this on a science forum where they're are members with actual intelligence. Also, have a happy new year to everyone. To good times and success. Best wishes. Checking out of this thread.[/QUOTE] Checking out because you have been proven wrong?
[QUOTE=bodenlan2;19354075]god fucking dammit how hard is it. the new decade starts at 10 because from 2000 to 2010 is exactly ten years jesus christ op learn to count[/QUOTE] Everyone knows this, read the thread. This is about the absense of a year 0 which I'm not even sure why I'm arguing about it anymore. So I'm done. My whole point was to defend the OP but everyone who knows something everyone else doesn't, they are smug about it. Hell, I'm the same way and so is every other human who learns something for the first time that few others do. The first urge they have is to tell everyone else, and depending on what it is about, are smug about it, which is why few can keep secrets.
[QUOTE=Tools;19353884]I'm amazed how you're all so easily trolled. I remember seeing this from another thread, where a 08 non-troll tried to do this discussion, and everyone raged. He most've stole it from that.[/QUOTE] I know the OP and you guys would never believe how many times he's trolled Facepunch.
[QUOTE=Epidemick;19354155]Year 0, October 15 AKA October 15 on the year Jesus was born (which isn't even correct, btw)[/QUOTE] [quote]Year zero is not used in the widely used Gregorian calendar, nor in its predecessor, the Julian calendar. Under those systems, the year 1 BC is followed by AD 1. However, there is a year zero in astronomical year numbering (where it coincides with the Julian year 1 BC) and in ISO 8601:2004 (where it coincides with the Gregorian year 1 BC) as well as in all Buddhist and Hindu calendars.[/quote] Re-quoted. [QUOTE=Worthy;19354157]Centuries and milleniums are counted differently than decades. A new decade start when the end digit of a year is 0 (eg, 2000, 2010, 2020, 2030 and so on). And apparently milleniums and centuries start when the last digit of the year ends in 1 (for milleniums: 2001, 3001, 4001 and for centuries: 2001, 2101, 2201, 2301)[/QUOTE] That's what we have adepted ourselves to. But in reality the actual term "decade" (not the mathmetical "10") is from 1 to 10, and 11 is a new decade.
[QUOTE=DarkWolf2;19354134]Wrong. The Gregorian calender does not count the year 0.[/QUOTE] I've been arguing that the entire thread. Where in that post did I even mention the year zero, the end of a new millenium, or the end of a decade? I just said that our calendar says it is currently January 1st, 2010 and whether it is completely off doesn't matter since it's an arbitrary number to begin with. I mean god damn, I was the first in the thread to point that out.
Remember the very first recorded year was year 0. So 0 is a year.
[QUOTE=killa101;19354280]Fixed Also, remember the very first recorded year was year 0. So 0 is a year.[/QUOTE] In mathmetical aspects, yes. In our calender aspect (Gregorian calender), no. Our calender system does not count the year 0 a year.
We just use 10 as the start of a new decade because Jesus couldn't count and it's too late to fix it now. Also, what would we call a decade if 1 was the start instead of zero? the 81's?
[QUOTE=DarkWolf2;19354206]Re-quoted. [/QUOTE] k :| Why are you guys arguing over this anyway
[QUOTE=Epidemick;19354357]k :| Why are you guys arguing over this anyway[/QUOTE] Facepunch, we could argue about which tree sticks break easier and probably end up in a religious debate before its over.
[QUOTE=evilweazel;19354399]Facepunch, we could argue about which tree sticks break easier and probably end up in a religious debate before its over.[/QUOTE] God made the sticks brittle so to test their strength in the face of mankind!
[QUOTE=Sickle;19353861]GUYS PLEASE, HE'S RIGHT; 2000 1 2001 2 2002 3 2003 4 2004 4 2005 6 2006 7 2007 8 2008 9 2009 11 (:smug:) If you have been proven wrong, why do you continue to try and usurp the truth, poopy head?[/QUOTE] Okay guys, I fixed it, NOW he's right. [editline]10:37PM[/editline] [quote=darkwolf2;19354428]god made the sticks brittle so to test their strength in the face of mankind![/quote] the prophet mohamed used his staff the walk up the mountains of israel and shit!
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