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encoderer ◴[] No.41840917[source]
Finally, 24 years in, it’s really starting to FEEL like a new century.
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1. quotemstr ◴[] No.41841033[source]
Epochal "century" boundaries don't always line up with year % 100. One could argue that the 20th century didn't properly begin until some idiot shot an archduke. It likewise seems like the 20th century likewise overshot Y2K by a decade or two. Now things are accelerating in a different, new, and exciting direction.
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2. crazygringo ◴[] No.41841087[source]
It's the same thing with decades. People often say the "sixties" didn't really start till 1963. And when you think of the start of 1980's culture, a lot of people are really only talking about 1983-1984.

Like, 1960 itself clearly belonged to the 1950's, the same way 1980 still belonged to the 1970's -- culturally, that is.

Obviously, the question of what year a decade "really" started in, allows for endless argument. :)

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3. dmd ◴[] No.41841334[source]
The 90s ended on 9/11.
4. chx ◴[] No.41841942[source]
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long_nineteenth_c... (I am linking like this because this version I read myself.)