We need to start making the years sound cool

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[โ€“] 17 points 7 months ago (1 child)

I think we need cool years as a baseline first. This is hardly comparable to the 'roaring twenties.' The 90s and the 2000s were the best decades ever. But for names, they will all be called twenty- tens, twenties, thirties, etc

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  • [โ€“] 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah, I think they will be called the twenty-thirties. Maybe once we get closer to 3000, we can do it.

    I wonder if in the early 1900s, people had this problem too.

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 7 months ago

    Roaring 20s, Dirty 30s incoming

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 7 months ago

    I like to say "in the early century"

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago

    i say "two thousands" or "early two thousands" for 00's, and "twenty tens" for 10's. once we make it past 2030 people will likely start referring to this decade as the "twenties"

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    I like calling the 00s the โ€œoddsโ€.

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  • The rest of our generation is going to be spent cleaning up Trump's shit.

    Might as well just call it the Trump Era.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

    How do you say 00's? There's a few options, but none are universally understood when spoken. You can end up saying the century as well just for that reason, even when it would be clear from context.

    The 10's come up IRL, as does that we're in the 20s. People have been confused when someone is actually talking about the 1920's. So, I'd say we're good there.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    I've heard either "the aughts" or just "the two thousands" although that one isn't as clear.

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