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lastlib

(23,288 posts)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 11:25 AM Aug 2016

My local newspaper asks: "What decade is this?"

Stupid question. You had the sixties, the seventies, the eighties, and the nineties. Then you had "the aughties" (twenty-aught-one, twenty-aught-two, twenty-aught-three, etc.). And now we have "the Teenies" (two-thousand-thirteen, two-thousand-fourteen, two-thousand-fifteen, etc.). And yes, it includes 2011 and 2012, even though they don't call themselves "teen", they're still in the range of 2010-2019.

Question answered.

(actually it was an article about fashion, but it raised the question, so I'm explaining it.)

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My local newspaper asks: "What decade is this?" (Original Post) lastlib Aug 2016 OP
trump has the hands for it. rug Aug 2016 #1
^^^ rofl discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2016 #2
I think of 2001-2008 as "The Lost Decade". Aristus Aug 2016 #3
I totally agree with you! lastlib Aug 2016 #4

lastlib

(23,288 posts)
4. I totally agree with you!
Thu Aug 4, 2016, 09:01 AM
Aug 2016

We lost so much as a result of Dimson's reign of error, it's as if all those years just vanished into a black hole. (kinda like our 401(k)'s.......)

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