Comments on: Identical Twins Born In Different Decades

By: keith

keith — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:15:11 +0000

oh – and I don’t know about you, but I think most of us WOULD say 10 is part of the same decade as 9. Count out a decade: year 1, year 2, year 3, year 4, year 5, year 6, year 7, year 8, year 9, year 10. A decade is not 9 years, it is 10. unless you started counting with year 0? (if so, exactly when did year zero occur?

By: keith

keith — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:09:46 +0000

jeez… okay, I was born on January 1, year 1 A.D. My tenth birthday will fall on January 1, year 11, the same day my “second decade” will begin. I will end my first century on the last second of December 31, year 100, and begin my second century January 1, year 101. Obviously, the pattern continues with each millenia beginning on 1001, then 2001, and so on. We start counting ANYTHING with the number 1 folks, NOT ‘zero’ (with the exception of certain digital processes).

It’s only a minor embarrassment unless someone publicly uses this ridiculous mistake to make a headline. But this makes the public look as stupid and vacuous as our reputation claims, especially when someone trained to write (and presumably, think) does it. My kids know how to count birthdays, and I am tired of trying to explain why the grownups cannot count.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:51:54 +0000

They were born in different decades. You wouldn’t say 1989 and 1990 were the same decade.

By: DrPerdurabo

DrPerdurabo — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:38:42 +0000

Some people will argue about anything.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:28:07 +0000

Call us what you want, but at least we know how to count. The new decade starts 01/01/2011.

By: Stop fighting over this already

Stop fighting over this already — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:43:05 +0000

So I guess the 1990s went from 1991-2000 then?

No. This is a new decade. When people write these things they’re not going by scientific changes so stop it already.

By: Rick

Rick — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:21:25 +0000

Don – you are right about lots of sites saying the decade begins in 2010. This seems to imply that the first year (of the modern Cristian Era) was “Year Zero”, which I don’t believe was the case. If the first year was year 1, then the tenth year would have to be year 10, meaning that decades run from xx01 to xx10. Similarly, the year 2000 was the last year of the old millennium and 2001 was the first year of the new one.

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By: Kathie

Kathie — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:01:29 +0000

Wikipedia is not a reliable source. Ever.

By: Don

Don — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:59:22 +0000

Are you sure about that? There are a few sites that believe teh decade begins on 01-01-10, such as wikipedia here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010s