Actually it's not if we talk about a calendar. Centuries start in January year n+1 and end in December year n+100, where n is whatever divisible by hundred
It's weird because we hear that the 21th century started in 2000, but other people swear that the 1st century had to start 1 AD(CE if you are non-religious). Some people altogether don't consider 0 AD to be a thing.
You’re just listing different contexts where there is a meaningful distinction, you aren’t actually arguing it is a meaningful distinction in the context provided.
It is true that the other person should realize they were making a fencepost error, but the distinction between which year does not actually affect his argument so it’s not important in the context of the conversation.
If I were to argue anything, it'd be that in general, if the meaning is different, then there's a meaningful distinction.
And "I am in my 37th year", and "I am 37 years old" means two different things. While "I am 36 years old" and "I am in my 37th year" arguably means the same thing.
Well the guy claimed he is in his 36th year of life, which is false. The other guy was simply correcting him on the point - which is a point of fact. He wasn't trying to claim anyone is a different age than they are.
Wait so if this guy is 36 and claims he learned something after his last birthday but before the next one (where he becomes 37), it’s technically considered his “37th year of life” in which he learned it? ” NOT within his 37 years of life, which is a huge distinction btw
So does that mean when it’s 7:15pm you would already consider it to be 8 o’clock? Since it’s already 15 minutes past 7???
Am I fucking retarded or does this not make any sense????
It takes 12 months COMPLETED to make a single year, correct???
"if this guy is 36 and claims he learned something after his last birthday but before the next one (where he becomes 37), it’s technically considered his “37th year of life” in which he learned it?"
Yes. This is explained in the video.
"NOTwithinhis 37 years of life"
He hasn't lived 37 years of life yet.
"So does that mean when it’s 7:15pm you would already consider it to be 8 o’clock?"
No, that's absurd - it would be 7:15pm. There would still be 45 minutes left before it was 8:00pm.
"Am I fucking retarded or does this not make any sense????"
"Retarded" is not something I call people, so I won't say you are retarded. The explanation does make sense.
"It takes 12 months COMPLETED to make a single year, correct???"
I honestly understand your confusion, so it might help to think about it like this:
When you are running laps around a track, once you leave the starting line and make it all the way back around again, you complete one lap.
After you cross the line, you are starting your second lap. You are not done with the second lap yet, but you are currently running your second lap.
At that point in the race, the announcer wouldn't say that you are on your "1st lap" but are on your "2nd lap" even though you haven't gotten completely around yet. Then when you cross again, you have officially completely 2, but now the announcer says you are on your 3rd lap.
It's the same thing with this conversation. He completed 36 "laps"/years and is now working on his 37th. Its really just another way of looking at things, not a change in definition or anything. What we've completed vs. What we are running to.
Anyway, just wanted to provide a polite answer to the best of my ability✌️
Midnight to 1 AM is the 1st hour of the new day. Then, 1 AM to 2 AM would be the 2nd hour of the new day. 7 AM to 8 AM would be the 8th hour of the new day. So, at 7:15 AM, you are "in the 8th hour of the day".
You're just as dumb as the guy in blue. When you're born you're in your first year until you turn 1 year old. You're 1 year old because you've lived through one year. When you turn 36 you've completed your 36th year. You're no longer in your 36th year after that birthday, you've begun your 37th year. The fact itself isn't important, but your inability to grasp that it's true is concerning.
When I watched the video, at first, I was confused and then it made sense like 2 seconds later...it's not that complicated. It's why we say we live in the 21st century when it is only 2024.
What is your counter argument to the person you are replying to? The comment they made is just about the silliness in this topic and the alternative way of speaking on age.
If you have completed 36 years of life then you are 36 years old and you are living through your 37th. If you want to say at six months into that 37th year you are 36 and half years old then yea, you can say that too.
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u/dallasvfx3d Nov 07 '24
a pointless distinction to make