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Originally posted by geddymonster
So we should negate the way people counted decades for nearly 2000 years because overexcited adults in 1999 (many of whom believed the world was going to end ) wanted an excuse to party and the transition from the year 1999 to 2000 fit the bill? Should we just pretend like year zero exists just so that the whole "2000-2009 is a decade" methodology is accurate? I can't believe this discussion is even happening on a pop music forum...
It's no different than some cultures counting your first birthday as being the day you are born and some cultures counting your first birthday as one full year from the day you are born.
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Im not negating the way people used to count their decades. However we exist in the
now and that is not how we count our decades. Nor do you live in a culture where they count your first birthday as one full year from the day you were born. Culture yourself, by all means, thats dope. But I can't with you trying to
use that as a technicality within the scope of debating Shakira/Britney statistics (regardless of whether or not it ultimately affected the outcome) hahah like wow. new levels on this forum. interesting though.