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So when are we going to start saying “the 20s” instead of “the 2020s”, we gotta make it cooler (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 6 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Meh, I'll start with the '30s. I feel we need a little more buffer from the late 1900s.

I still keep forgetting it's a quarter of the way into the 21st century already. I keep thinking it's still like 2002 or something. I think we need to get away from all the 2's in the dates before I'll start to recognize the new century as independent from the 20th century.

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  • [–] 2 points 15 hours ago

    Fair, the past two decades just don't have the same "ring" as "the 20's" or any of the next ones. I still remember people realizing that they never really knew what the "20's/30's/etc" naming for the first decade of the 1900's after the 90's ended. I feel like local news and other media made points to tell people "the noughties/oughts". So much attention really put on the simple shortening of everything after "20's" last century. Even "the teens" just doesn't have the same "ring" to it, and since 10-12 aren't "teens".

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