For those who are sad to see the 2010s go, I have good news: there is actually one more year of the 2010s!

My sources tell me that the new decade doesn't actually start until 2021. This is because there is no such thing as year 0, so we have to count from one. Therefore, 2020 is a 2010s year. Hurray!

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There are actually two systems that exist: the ordinal and the cardinal periods.

For centuries, you can either say the 1800s (which refers to any year beginning with 18xx, so 1800-1899) or the 19th century (1801-1900 since we follow an order and there's no year 0 as you said).

You can do the same with the decades, but no one gonna use the ordinal versions since they're tedious to follow (we're currently in the 202nd decade or 2011-2020), instead we use the much simpler cardinal periods and in this case the 2020s refer to any year beginning with 202X, so indeed 2020-2029. So anyone who says otherwise is objectively wrong ;D

I'm gonna assume this is a troll post. If not, let me copy and paste a comment I've made on Facebook:

"Yes, but that's the uncommon way of counting decades. There's two ways of counting decades:

-The common way (1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s)
-The uncommon way (199th decade, 200th, 201st, 202nd, 203rd decade etc.)

If you refer to this current decade as the "202nd decade", then yes, you are right, the 202nd decade is from 2011 to 2020. But nobody uses that system for decades. Nobody uses 199th decade, 200th decade, 201st decade, 202nd decade etc. Everyone does however use 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s etc. The 2010s are most definitely from 2010-2019 and the 2020s are definitely from 2020-2029."

There are actually two systems that exist: the ordinal and the cardinal periods.

For centuries, you can either say the 1800s (which refers to any year beginning with 18xx, so 1800-1899) or the 19th century (1801-1900 since we follow an order and there's no year 0 as you said).

You can do the same with the decades, but no one gonna use the ordinal versions since they're tedious to follow (we're currently in the 202nd decade or 2011-2020), instead we use the much simpler cardinal periods and in this case the 2020s refer to any year beginning with 202X, so indeed 2020-2029. So anyone who says otherwise is objectively wrong ;D


Yeah, I concur. If we look at the decade numerically, then, yeah, 2020 will be the 10th year starting from 2010. But as what Shruggie said, we tend to group certain periods of years if the years have the same first three numbers in them. It's pretty much because of simplicity. Plus, it's easier for us to talk about pop culture in an encapsulating way.

2020 isnt part of the 2010s, it makes no sense. Once again, just like with 2000, it is part of the 20th century, and the new millennium actually started in 2001, but 2000 is still part of the 2000s, not 1990s. Just because there is no 0 AD or 0 BC, it doesnt mean that 2020 is part of the 2010s. 2020s, remove the s, you get 2020.

For those who are sad to see the 2010s go, I have good news: there is actually one more year of the 2010s!

My sources tell me that the new decade doesn't actually start until 2021. This is because there is no such thing as year 0, so we have to count from one. Therefore, 2020 is a 2010s year. Hurray!

I agree Slowpoke is one of the biggest trolls on here. There is a difference between the 203rd decade (2021-2030) and the 2020s (2020-2029). No one uses the first one when it comes to Pop Culture and whatever else. Why is everyone starting to make a big thing about it now? No one says the year 2000 is the last year of the 1990s or 1980 is the last year of the 1970s. No one cares about using this system ('1-'10) and we rather use this one ('0-'9) when thinking or talking about decades. Should we even care about it? I don't think so.

For those who are sad to see the 2010s go, I have good news: there is actually one more year of the 2010s!

My sources tell me that the new decade doesn't actually start until 2021. This is because there is no such thing as year 0, so we have to count from one. Therefore, 2020 is a 2010s year. Hurray!


Yep. Absolutely.

I agree Slowpoke is one of the biggest trolls on here.


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