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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic was released on the first day of | + | {{incomplete|Created by a PEDANT. Explain title text.}} |
+ | This comic was released on the first day of {{w|2020}}. [[Megan]], [[Cueball]], and [[Ponytail]] are all happy for the beginning of the new {{w|decade}}, for a variety of reasons. | ||
− | + | In panel 1, Ponytail is happy that decades have "easy names" again. Decades such as the 1960s or 1970s had easy "names" - '60s, '70s, etc. The 2000s and 2010s were sometimes named the "Aughts" and the "Teens", names that did not enter popular usage, but we can return to the shortened decades name with the '20s decade. | |
− | + | In panels 2 and 3, the group discusses cultural trends. In decades before the 2000s, trends were named for the decade in which its members reached adulthood / teenage years, e.g. a trend from the '90s. After 2000, many trends have been labeled with the "millennials" term, which refers to an entire generation who grew up in the 2000s. [[Cueball]] and [[Ponytail]] hope that trends will not be labeled as "millennial" or by generations in this new decade. This phenomenon was previously discussed in [[1849: Decades]]. Millennials have also been mentioned in [[1962: Generations]] and in [[2165: Millennials]]. | |
− | + | The main point of the panel, however, which [[White Hat]] and Ponytail argue about, is White Hat's claim that the "20s" don't start until 2021. His argument appears to be analogous to the (somewhat pedantic) point often made at the turn of the century, which is that, because the Gregorian calendar doesn't include a year 0, the first century started in year 1, the second century began in the year 101, and so forth, so the 21st century didn't begin until the start of 2001. Ponytail retorts that decades aren't numbered cardinally: any set of ten years constitutes a decade. While the 203rd decade of the Common Era doesn't begin until 2021, "the twenties" refers to all years that include a "twenty". White Hat appears not to accept this argument, insisting that that Ponytail doesn't "get it", and Ponytail begins to respond in kind. | |
− | + | Megan breaks up their heated argument by stating that {{w|MC Hammer}}'s song ''{{w|U Can't Touch This}}'', released in 1990, was featured in a 1990s-themed television show ({{w|I Love the '90s (American TV series)|''I Love the '90s''}}) instead of its 1980s-themed counterpart. Perhaps with the speaker being concerned that a single datum-point is not sufficient proof, the title text continues this theme with a hit song from 1980 grouped with the 1980s, not the 1970s. The title text ends with {{w|Q.E.D.|QED}}, traditionally used at the end of a mathematical proof to mean "thus it has been demonstrated", as if this second landmark piece of evidence sufficiently proves Megan's point beyond a doubt, as conclusive as a mathematical proof. | |
− | + | {{w|VH1}} is the parent company of MTV, a cable TV channel known for grouping music by decades. | |
− | + | ==Transcript== | |
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− | + | :[Megan is entering the panel, with Cueball, White Hat, and Ponytail standing in a line.] | |
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:Megan: Happy new decade! | :Megan: Happy new decade! | ||
:Ponytail: Welcome to the '20s! | :Ponytail: Welcome to the '20s! | ||
− | :White Hat: | + | :White Hat: ''Actually—'' |
:Ponytail: I'm excited we can name decades again. | :Ponytail: I'm excited we can name decades again. | ||
:Ponytail: "Aughts" and "teens" never caught on. | :Ponytail: "Aughts" and "teens" never caught on. | ||
− | :[ | + | :[The four characters still stand in a line. White Hat has his finger raised.] |
:White Hat: Actually, the new decade doesn't start- | :White Hat: Actually, the new decade doesn't start- | ||
:Ponytail: Mostly, I'm just glad we can go back to attributing cultural trends to decades instead of generations. | :Ponytail: Mostly, I'm just glad we can go back to attributing cultural trends to decades instead of generations. | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Megan, Cueball, White Hat, and Ponytail standing in a line. |
:Cueball: Yeah. | :Cueball: Yeah. | ||
:Cueball: Decades were silly, but making everything about "millennials" turned out to be even worse. | :Cueball: Decades were silly, but making everything about "millennials" turned out to be even worse. | ||
:Ponytail: Seriously. | :Ponytail: Seriously. | ||
− | :[ | + | :[The panel zooms in, displaying only White Hat and Ponytail.] |
:White Hat: It's technically not a new decade until 2021. | :White Hat: It's technically not a new decade until 2021. | ||
:Ponytail: OK, listen. | :Ponytail: OK, listen. | ||
:Ponytail: If you're going to be pedantic, you should at least be right. | :Ponytail: If you're going to be pedantic, you should at least be right. | ||
− | :White Hat: I | + | :White Hat: I ''am'' right! |
− | :Ponytail: You're | + | :Ponytail: You're ''not''. |
− | :[ | + | :[White Hat and Ponytail gesture towards each other.] |
− | :White Hat: See, the | + | :White Hat: See, the 20th century didn't start until-- |
:Ponytail: But decades aren't centuries. They're not cardinally numbered. | :Ponytail: But decades aren't centuries. They're not cardinally numbered. | ||
:White Hat: You don't get it. Let me draw a-- | :White Hat: You don't get it. Let me draw a-- | ||
− | :Ponytail: No, | + | :Ponytail: No, ''you'' don't-- |
:Megan (off-panel): Stop! | :Megan (off-panel): Stop! | ||
− | :[All four characters are displayed again. Megan has raised a finger | + | :[All four characters are displayed again. Megan has raised a finger.] |
:Megan: I can resolve this. | :Megan: I can resolve this. | ||
− | :Megan: * | + | :Megan: *ahem* |
− | :Megan: MC Hammer's ''U Can't Touch This'' (1990) was featured in | + | :Megan: MC Hammer's ''U Can't Touch This'' (1990) was featured in ''I Love the '90s'', not '''80s''. |
:Ponytail: ...That settles that. | :Ponytail: ...That settles that. | ||
:White Hat: Yeah, I accept VH1's authority. | :White Hat: Yeah, I accept VH1's authority. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
− | + | Traditionally, the First Century starts in year 1 and ends in the year 100, the Second Century starts in the year 101 and runs through the year 200, and so on, because {{w|Zero-based numbering|zero indexing}}, like the number zero itself, was not in wide use at the time. However, due to an error by {{w|Dionysius Exiguus}}, the year 1 was after the death of {{w|Herod the Great}}, so Jesus could not have been born in that year, and was probably born either in 4 B.C. or 6 B.C., so the first, second, etc., century after his birth would actually end in the mid '90's. | |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | ||
[[Category:New Year]] | [[Category:New Year]] | ||
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