tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263577133333272085.post5908119848315099076..comments2024-03-28T11:04:16.315+00:00Comments on Boffy's Blog: Its Not The End Of The DecadeBoffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08157650969929097569noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263577133333272085.post-68073254117815563722020-01-04T16:23:16.008+00:002020-01-04T16:23:16.008+00:00I agree with your counting! But the reality is tha...I agree with your counting! But the reality is that many people and institutions group years together into decades based on the tens place value, and centuries based on the hundreds, and millennia based on the thousands place. So people think of eg the 80s as 1980-1989, with 1990 being the first year of a new decade, the 90s. And indeed, the time interval from the start of 1980 to the end of 1989 spans 10 years and therefore constitutes a decade in terms of duration. The interval from eg the start of 2004 to the end of 2013 is also a decade. All this same logic applies roughly to centuries and millennia, though it's admittedly slightly more problematic in the latter case.<br /><br />At any rate, I prefer marking decades by the tens place--it's easier and cleaner. And this arbitrary choice is overwhelmingly common. So why not embrace it??<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04228780353177308021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263577133333272085.post-26277429286940863172019-12-23T11:09:04.579+00:002019-12-23T11:09:04.579+00:00Thank you for simply speaking out on this matter, ...Thank you for simply speaking out on this matter, which some would wrongly condemn as arcane.<br />That the millennium was celebrated a year early puts down a historical marker for future generations,who can then judge just how stupid and narcissistic our politicians were, and go a good way in explaining why they were happy to oversee a period of growing inequality and instabilityand their concomitant social tensions.Karl Greenallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156805807981796175noreply@blogger.com