So, like most people, I celebrated the end of the decade on 31 December, 2019.
It wasn't just the start of a new year, it was the start of a new decade.
But then someone on Twitter alerted me to the fact that the start of the decade might actually be January 1, 2021?!
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i was today years old when i found out the end of the decade is actually at the end of 2020 and not 2019
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I'm one of those jerks to tell you 2019 is NOT the end of the decade.
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Let me see if I can get out in front of this: the end of the year 2019 is not the end of the current decade. Why? Because there are 10 complete years in a decade, not 9. The end of the year 2020 is the end of this decade. You’re welcome.
I felt attacked by the idea that I can't actually count.
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Either people are just terrible at basic counting skills or they are simply confuddled. 2019 is not the end of the decade, next year, 2020, will be the end of the decade. We didn't start at year "0," we started at "1." This is so simple, it's mind boggling it's causing issues.
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*REPEAT AFTER ME* 2019 IS NOT THE END OF THE DECADE. WE START COUNTING WITH 1. DECADES END IN YEARS THAT END IN 0. *NOW GO STAND IN THE CORNER.*
Well it kinda makes sense that we're all keen to end this decade ASAP.
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Everybody is saying 2019 is the end of the decade, I know I don't know maths o but is it not 2020 that's supposed to be the end and then the new one will start from 2021? Or are we all just tired and eager to end the decade already?
Did literally NONE of us work this out before? Or was it just me?
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Let’s say we were going to “count by 10”...so, 10, 20, 30, 40, etc. You would never say, 9, 19, 29, 39, right? No that would just be silly. 2019 is not the end of the decade. That will be 2020. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk. Please feel free to spread this truth. 👊🤓
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Pedantic tweet: 2019 is NOT the end of the decade, 2020 is. You don't start counting to 10 by starting at zero and finishing at 9. So there. I'm off with a marker pen to correct spelling & punctuation errors on high street signs now.
Plus, my ~history~ knowledge is apparently as dead as Caesar.
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@Kolie_Yola I had the same question... Since there was no year 0 in the Georgian calendar (that we're using) therefore, a decade will run from year 1 to year 10. 2019 is not the end of the decade, but 2020. The new decade will start from 01/01/2021 https://t.co/xiu4LIfa7o Might be wrong 🙈
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Okay. I gotta say it. It’s bugging the ever loving shit out of me. 2019 is NOT THE END of the DECADE. 2020 is because the Gregorian Calendar started with the year 1. I know no one cares but I had to get it out. #historyteachersarebuzzkillers
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Technically speaking December 31, 2019 is not the last day of the decade. Given that there was never a year zero - only a year 1 - so decades and centuries began with a year ending in one. Meaning that the end of the decade will be December 31, 2020 https://t.co/GSjymeUAVG
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*push up glasses* TECHNICALLY, we didn't start from year 0. We started on year 1. So the end of 2019 is not the end of "a decade" per se, the end of 2020 is.
And that even my daily bushel of apples was being consumed incorrectly.
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Hi sorry to spoil everything but 2019 is not the end of the decade. You haven't eaten 20 apples when you finish eating the 19th. We have another year to go, cancel all your lists.
At first I was shocked, I questioned my sense of time, I wondered how I could be so fooled!
But now, I'm looking at the bright side — if I fuck up this year, well at least the new decade doesn't start until 2021.
