r/spaceporn • u/Pjacob77 • Dec 13 '19

Last full moon of the decade!

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u/scotlynhatt Dec 13 '19

I think the decade technically ends next year but it is a great shot. Last of the 2010s.

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u/Daniel_A_Johnson Dec 13 '19 edited Dec 13 '19

This assertion is a pedantic to the point of not even being meaningfully true.

"A decade" is ten years. Literally any ten. "The decade" colloquially refers to, you know, the decades as we refer to them. The '80s, the '90s, etc.

I know we all had fun 20 years ago being smug about the actual end of the 20th century being 2001, and you're right that technically "the 202nd decade" doesn't end for another year, but since literally no one has ever referred to the time we're living in as the 202nd decade, you're arguing with a person who doesn't actually exist.

Edit- I've never gotten silver on a comment that was in the negative before.

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u/24824_64442 Dec 13 '19

Edit- I've never gotten silver on a comment that was in the negative before.

Look at fancy pants here with multiple silvers.

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u/Chyomang Dec 13 '19

Except op says last of THE decade.

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u/Daniel_A_Johnson Dec 13 '19

Right.

What decade do you think they meant?

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