The first decade of the 21st century = 2001-2010 while the noughts are 2000-2009. Both perfectly cromulent decades.
Mal: Gotta say, doctor, your talent for alienatin' folk is near miraculous. Simon: Yes, I'm very proud.
'Safe'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Dec 16, 2009 8:47:04 am PST #25567 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
§ ita § - Dec 16, 2009 8:47:24 am PST #25568 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Milleniums and decades measure different things. Like weeks don't fit into months.
Hmm. You might have had me with your former post, except the whole powers of ten thing does fit really neatly and now I don't want to subscribe to your literature.
§ ita § - Dec 16, 2009 8:48:42 am PST #25569 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The first decade of the 21st century = 2001-2010 while the noughts are 2000-2009. Both perfectly cromulent decades.
Vacillatingly, I'm perfectly willing to get behind this, even moreso if the end of next year has at least a couple "No, seriously, end of this decade" best/worst of lists.
ZenKitty, I'm so mad you're working through your vacation. You need to not count it as time off.
-t - Dec 16, 2009 8:50:51 am PST #25570 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm taking two weeks vacation right now, to burn off the days I can't carry over; it's bull, because I've been working every day anyway.
So wrong! So much wrong. Argh.
Jessica - Dec 16, 2009 8:51:04 am PST #25571 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The first decade of the 21st century = 2001-2010 while the noughts are 2000-2009. Both perfectly cromulent decades.
Ah, clarity!
It's 2pm and way too warm in my office. Can I take a nap?
tommyrot - Dec 16, 2009 8:52:59 am PST #25572 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Why does "the decade" get different rules from "the millenium"? The first decade started in 01, right? Aren't we losing a year somewhere?
I subscribe to the "millennium began in 2000" theory, for psychological reasons. It's like when your car odometer turns over. Yeah, we lost a year somewhere, but that was 2000 years ago. Screw those people.
§ ita § - Dec 16, 2009 8:59:46 am PST #25573 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
tommy! Your geek cred!
DavidS - Dec 16, 2009 9:01:04 am PST #25574 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Screw those people.
Yeah! Like anybody walked around saying, "Hey, Happy Year Zero!"
Connie Neil - Dec 16, 2009 9:01:40 am PST #25575 of 30001
brillig
With the chaos of converting between Julian and Georgian, and the post-dating of Jesus' birth and all, we can do a little Handwavium over the early parts of the calendar.
Zenkitty - Dec 16, 2009 9:02:29 am PST #25576 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
ZenKitty, I'm so mad you're working through your vacation. You need to not count it as time off.
I'm mad too! I worked 12 hour days for two solid weeks including weekends to prepare for *no one doing my job for two weeks* and then last week my manager handed me a stack of work for another journal that had to be done in two weeks, and there was no way to finish it all before the vacation had to start.
I have to officially take it as time off, because I can't carry those days over. But you betcha I'm keeping count of the vacation days that I've had to work. Next year I will be taking that many days off and not reporting them. I consider them stolen, and I'm gonna steal them back.