And you know what? It doesn’t feel much different. It’s not like I just automatically felt older; it occurs everyday. Well, congratulations everyone. We’ve staved off a global catastrophe for yet another year. Happiness for us all!
P.S. Until we have to go to work/school again. Bastards.
P.P.S. No, it’s not the new decade yet. You guys did the same thing at year 2000. Stop it.
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It is the new decade. To say it isn’t leads to the absurd result of 1990 being part of the 80s. Centuries begin at a year ending in 1, but decades are measured by the tens digit. At least that’s what Phil Plait and Steven Novella said on their blogs, and I liked the reasoning.
By: Barry on January 1, 2010
at 3:23 PM
So the first decade then only had 9 years?
By: Korbie on January 2, 2010
at 3:16 AM
Correct. That’s a far better result than having every decade go from X1 to Y0. It makes sense to let convention rule the definition of the word, and convention has been to identify decades by the tens place.
By: Barry on January 2, 2010
at 9:24 AM