On: Turn-of-the-Century Pigeons Photographed Earth fro...

[mikeash]

A tangent, but: how long until “turn of the century” is assumed to mean the time around the year 2000?

[matte_black → mikeash]

Around 2040s. We’re just recently making progress in getting people to stop saying the current year as two thousand whatever.

[egeozcan → matte_black]

Maybe, saying "twenty" isn't enough of an improvement over "two-thousand" to make it worth the complexity. Compare that to "one-thousand-nine-hundred" vs "nineteen".

Also, years less than 10 years ago which are still referenced a lot then require a switch to a different reading convention. This, I guess, wasn't a big deal from 1999 to 2000 because, "twenty-oh-oh" was too awkward and, hey, it's two-damn-thousand!

[dingo_bat → mikeash]

I did assume exactly that.

[folli → mikeash]

When people that actively remember anything before the year 2000, are in the minority.

So I guess this applies to people born in the 80s (and before), so I assume this will be in the 2030s/40s.

[BurningFrog → mikeash]

I'm starting to think never.

It's too ingrained. And 2000 was a millenium shift. So I expect a new phrase to emerge.

[vaughanb → BurningFrog]

No, 2001 was the millennium shift. The year 2000 was the last year of the decade, century and millennium.

1999 was when the party started, of course.