Monzanator

2 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Well we choose a place for the Gregorian calendar to begin, that’s an arbitrary decision not based upon fact.

Go back to 16th century and file a complaint

Back on topic bitches!

I was never a Man Utd fan so this one was awesome! (watched it live on TV of course).

Just now, Olympian1010 said:

Technically 0 both happens and doesn’t happen.

In Gregorian calendar it doesn't happen which is a fact

Just now, Olympian1010 said:

Well I can’t see what’s behind the bushes to the right, so according to the theory of Schrodinger‘s cat, very could very well be five red birds there (or not).

We're talking facts not theories. Facts are not debatable

1 minute ago, Olympian1010 said:

So they can learn how to number years properly...

Since Year 0 never happened, everything else is simple maths

5 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Way too many honestly. I’m all about indigenous peoples day . By definition Columbus was both an idiot and genius.

In 500 years time people will fly to Mars in 10 hours or something and people who lived in the 21st century will be deemed idiots too. I've learned to accept it

2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

No it wouldn't. 

 

The overall accepted method:

 

The decade called the nineties consists of the years 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999. That's ten years. So is the decade 2007-2016.

Yep, but that that translates from a point in time. We can relate to decades in past, present & future.

Obviously nobody can say 1989 was a part of the 90s decade.

1990-1999 is 10 years = a decade.

It feels like people need to go back to 2nd grade again.

6 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Huh what? Zonderland was in 2012, I really don't see how that falls outside of the decade in any way whatsoever

 

Plus, it is just generally accepted the decades start at 0. The fifties didn't start in 1951, the eighties started in 1980, and so on.

10 times 10 is still 100 though? Decades start with 0, centuries start with 1, it's really that simple

Just now, Olympian1010 said:

Yes, when I think of intelligence I immediately think of the century where half the world still though Satan caused mental illness, where spirits where probably real, when I could get a leeching, and when people where still debating in the Earth orbited the sun.

Columbus sailed to Haiti and thought he was in India. He must have not known a thing about intelligence either? You still have some statues of this schmuck in there?

5 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

If Centuries start on zero, then decades also must start on zero (and they do).

 

Otherwise...

 

Another one who can't count from 1 to 10! How about 1 to 1000?

@heywoodu  posted his Zonderland moment and has settled for the trolling

25 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

I’m not trying to spread lies or take over the world. It’s not a lie. It’s an opinion. We’re all allowed have those, even if they comply us to argue with the same user every fucking day. 
 

I’m going to try an explain my logic here, and with a cool head. All I ask is that you give it serious though instead of trying to come up with your next sick burn. Humans hate the unknown. We choose to label, group, and categorize everything. That’s fine, it’s an evolutionary trait. Years are factual in the fact that one rotation of the Earth around the sun does equal somewhere between 364/365 days. However, there is no “first year”, not at least one that civilization can remember. We hate the unknown, so we choose an arbitrary date, and make that the beginning. Calendars only exist to help us plan our days, keep track of history, and give us a sense of security. Now, you can choose to go be official calendar rules, but for the purpose of this thread I’m counting the last ten years of human history.

 

Yes because of the numerous times when I referred to the country of Africa . The point isn’t to win a debate, it’s to inform ourselves and mutually settle differences. The “winner” of a debate is human knowledge. If you come on to this forum only trying to “win” a debate, we’ve already all lost. Now, there is a winner to an argument in the court of public opinion, but even then it’s an asinine victory. You’ve made someone feel worse, reverted to personal attacks, and failed to actually better a situation in any way. I was not trying to change the Gregorian calendar, I was merely offering an interpretation of it. Everything can be statistical data by the way, that’s like the first thing you learn in statistics.

 

I am allowed to make mistakes. Now, I do hate owning up to them, and that’s weakness on my side. I was wrong about a part of European history, but to be fair, European history is long and complicated, and not always as clear-cut as modern Europeans make it out to be. I do come on this forum and think “what lies am I going to spread today!”. I come on here to share facts, my opinion, and sometimes a heartfelt post. Sometimes I can interpret facts wrong, and I need to be corrected. I need to work on accepting that I can be wrong.

That's a fine essay. I understand you're an ideallistic teenager willing to fight anyone over anything. Gregorian calendar isn't up for debate though, sorry my friend. Some wiser people have decided that discussion for us long before time - well, in 16th century (plus simple maths and the fact Year 0 never happened). The status of Pluto is up for debate instead. You can talk whether it's a planet or a dwarf planet (I kinda don't care as astronomy is not my thing) and put an opinion forward.

I know you can tell a difference between Africa and actual countries but it's the classic stereotype you're following. You don't have to pretend Americans aren't narcisstic enough You elected the biggest narcisstic guy as President after all.

17 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Have I not talked about the period of life where racing (NASCAR, and ALMS) was my everything? There’s also a yearly NASCAR race in the LA area at California Speedway.

Nope. Fontana was a great track for IndyCar. It's a complete boredom in NASCAR (same with Michigan).

7 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Yes, decades aren’t really used in historical terms that often for this reason I would imagine. Also, okay the “first year” is year 1. 10-1 = 9 by @Monzanator method. So a decade is actually 1-11, so 2001-2011 is a decade then? That’s why I’m saying calendars aren’t exactly scientific. 
 

Also, the American method or writing dates is clearly superior, and I will not have it any other way. 

It's not my method I didn't invent the Gregorian calendar

Centuries are measured different than decades so actually I agree with the 2010-2019 context but 21st century still started on January 1st, 2001.

It could be worse, the Russian communists celebrate the October Revolution on November 7th (bc Russia adopted the Gregorian calendar after it took place ).

2 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

I’d also add his tragic crash as part of this list. While it’s obviously not one of the best moments of the decade, it’s one of the most important and memorable. I think his crash helped heighten safety standards in US, and open wheel racing. The 4 lap, 3 wide salute to his life is also such a beautiful, poignant moment in motor sports history.

SAFER barriers and the deaths of Greg Moore and Dale Earnhardt did more to safety than Dan Wheldon's crash at Las Vegas tbh. Super speedways are a safety hazard for open-wheels cars. Daytona Beach proved this in the 50s and disappeared from the schedule and IndyCar wasn't stupid enough to race at Talladega but they tried to master Las Vegas with tragic consequences. Atlanta was a complete IRL crash fest in the 90s before they got rid of this and it's a small miracle nobody got killed at Texas Motor Speedway yet.

The somewhat infamous Simona de Silverstro 2010 fireball at Texas was probably Holmatro team's worst emergency moment ever (she suffered burned hands & forearms).

Back on topic

Any motor racing fan remembers this shitshow. The Le Mans movie had the tyre blowout on the last lap, real life had this:

17 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

A good quarter of the decorations on our tree are of a similar nature. We also have some random shit too. Shrek, Dora, Dale Earnhardt Jr., USA Luge, A Fish Head, A Navajo Hut, and a Meadowlark all make frequent appearances on the tree.  

California doesn't strike me as NASCAR county - and surely not a driver from the East Coast

Yeah, I know Dale Jr won Most Popular Driver award 167 times in a row but still...

12 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Eternal negativity guru is on his way to lose.

Shall we guess who are you talking about?

2 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

It isn’t a lie, it’s a difference of opinion. There’s a difference between Discrete and Continuous statistical data. It makes more sense to count years as continuous, and not as discrete. The 21st century began in 2000, not 2001. We’d already lived in the 2000s. 
 

Why the fuck do you always have to contradict every single fucking thing I post. This wasn’t political, and it wasn’t originally opinion. I just wanted to relive some of the best sporting moments from the last decade. I liked some of the memories people shared, and then the asshole amigos had to come and shit all over another. I fine with people disagreeing with, and I enjoy debating, but the amount of negativity around here sucks sometimes. My intentions with this thread were good. I wasn’t trying to rob your vision of the decade, if anything I was trying to get people to collaborate and remover all the good times from the last few years. It shouldn’t be that hard to just have some threads where we just get along, and talk about sports. I don’t re GER the part in the Olympic Charter where everyone is supposed to argue about every single fucking little thing. My definition of a decade won’t cause anyone bodily harm. It won’t completely change the way we see the world. All of things that happen in the past, present, and future will still happen irregardless of how we group years together. I’m so fucking done with this shit right now. 

Stop pretending to be wiser than an average 2nd grader. USA still follows the Gregorian calendar last time I checked. If you think 21st century started on January 1st, 2000 then you're just spreading lies, period.

There is no difference of opinion on Gregorian calendar or a century lasting 100 years instead of 99. Year 0 was NEVER included in this calendar or the Julian one.

You picked the wrong battle to fight. Now you're just exposing yourself as an average American who thinks Africa is a country. There is no debate for you to win. You're not changing the Gregorian calendar or putting it up for opinions anytime soon. It's not a statistical data to debate, period.

I don't contradict you specifically but I contradict obvious lies you're spreading from time to time (like in Kingdom of Lithuania which was in fact a Grand Duchy).

1 minute ago, Olympian1010 said:

0 counts. 1900 exists as a year. That’s the first year you count. The 21st century is 2000-2099. The 22nd Century is 2100-2199.

It doesn't. Neither the Julian nor Gregorian calendar used Year 0 post-factum   You're spreading the most common lie in the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_zero

Just now, Olympian1010 said:

The 20th century did end on December 31st, 1999. Y’all Europeans are real dumb when it comes to common sense 

Can you count from 1 to 100? Century is 100 years, not 99. Your common sense is below simple maths from 1st grade

16 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

While I agree, much of the world thinks otherwise, and quite frankly I’m not having this argument, so fuck it. It’s been a wonderful decade.

It's been worse when people pretended 20th century ended on Dec. 31st, 1999. It's been a horrible hoopla that thankfully can only happen once in my lifetime

I read who won both the singles events this morning so I'm not gonna spoil the women's winner

14 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Someone made a good point to recognize Katie Ledecky’s golds on here. Definitely worth a mention. Dominance like that definitely deserves a tip of the hat 

It's not about Ledecky's golds but her name being the same as the Czech snowboarder. Missy Franklin got all the media attention despite flaming out very fast.

Just now, heywoodu said:

Too lazy to google names  

Well, Americans don't care about anything non-American in sports not named Federer or Bolt

2 minutes ago, hckosice said:

 

In a second I thought you are speaking about Katie Ledeky ?

Seems like we made the obvious link at the same time

7 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

I forgot the c didn’t I. I’ve seen it spelled different ways, so now I just get confused. Also, I spell shit wrong all the time on here 

Of course you did. Katie Ledecky is American last time I checked so I thought you Americans would be familiar with the spelling. Obviously I was wrong.