* Early 20s: 20, 21is an accurate system.
* Early-mid 20s: 22, 23
* Mid 20s: 24, 25
* Mid-late 20s: 26, 27
* Late 20s: 28, 29
The way I see it, 23 is mid twenties. From speaking with others, this is an unpopular call.
20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29. That's ten years. The logical split to me is 3 (early) - 4 (mid) - 3 (late). I'd also be happy with the following split:
* Early 20s: 20, 21
* Early-mid 20s: 22, 23
* Mid 20s: 24, 25
* Mid-late 20s: 26, 27
* Late 20s: 28, 29
Discuss.
Having a mid-life crisis are we? ;)
* Early 20s: 20, 21this is 100% correct :P
* Early-mid 20s: 22, 23
* Mid 20s: 24, 25
* Mid-late 20s: 26, 27
* Late 20s: 28, 29
I'd call it a mid-twenties crisis. ;)*early-mid twenties crisis
this is 100% correct :P
EDIT: don't think anyone can argue with it
* Early 20s: 20, 21This is pretty accurate :)
* Early-mid 20s: 22, 23
* Mid 20s: 24, 25
* Mid-late 20s: 26, 27
* Late 20s: 28, 29
20-23 early twenties
24-26 mid twenties
27-29 late twenties
a 5-tiered system is just no good.
Why are there more "early" years than "late' ones, though?Well, if that weren't the case, 23 would be considered mid twenties (or, we'd need to establish a 5-tier system) and either of those results are unacceptable. Proof by reductio ad absurdum, we simply must have more 'early twenties' years than other twenties based years.
5 tiers is too much imo.
this is what i feel?
21-22: early 20s
23-27: mid 20s
28-29: late 20s
5 tiers is too much imo.I feel like grouping someone who is 23 in with someone who is 27 is just wrong though. That's a pretty big gap, and when you're 23 you're closer to 20 than you are to 27.
this is what i feel?
21-22: early 20s
23-27: mid 20s
28-29: late 20s
But what about 20?!It's no man's land :P
I feel like grouping someone who is 23 in with someone who is 27 is just wrong though. That's a pretty big gap, and when you're 23 you're closer to 20 than you are to 27.yeah I felt someone would say that :P
yeah I felt someone would say that :PGood point.
but like, for example, when you round money, it's like...
1/2c rounds down to 0c
3/4/5/6/7c rounds to 5c
8/9c rounds up to 10c
so like, if something was 21c you'd pay 20c cash, if something was 23c or 27c you'd pay 25c
I have weird ways of thinking though :P
Good point.true.
But, when it comes to age, you don't round up or down :P You don't say "oh I'm 25" if you're actually 23 haha
I just kinda feel like, when I'm 23, I won't feel like I belong in the mid-twenties - I won't feel old, wise, or responsible enough, nor will I have my life together enough to constitute being in the mid-twenties :P
Why would a 3-4-3 split not be most logical for the twenties?I completely agree with J41 in this one. If a 2-3-2 split can be used for the teens, why can't the 20's follow a 3-4-3 split. To me, when you're 20-22 years old, you're in your early twenties, when you are from 23-26 years old, you're in your mid-twenties and when you are 27-29 years old, you're in your late twenties. It's seems like the most logical split for the twenties, does it not?
I completely agree with J41 in this one. If a 2-3-2 split can be used for the teens, why can't the 20's follow a 3-4-3 split. To me, when you're 20-22 years old, you're in your early twenties, when you are from 23-26 years old, you're in your mid-twenties and when you are 27-29 years old, you're in your late twenties. It's seems like the most logical split for the twenties, does it not?
Bump. Discuss.
The clearlyAs an expert in counting I propose a small revision to your model:supinferior classification has already been found
Early: 20,21,22
Mid: 23,24,25,26
Late: 27,28,29
Another crisis from J41?
Alright. All the definitions I've seen in this thread are terrible. To make this rigorous, you cannot define early-, mid-, and late- as a function of age unless you want to form unequal partitions. I propose the following construction.
Definition 1: The discrete age of a human \(H\) is equal to the floor mod of the time, \(T\), in years, since their birth. That is \(\text{age}(H)=\left\lfloor T\right\rfloor\). (This is here only to clarify what I mean by age).
Definition 2: We say that a human \(H\) is in their twenties if and only if \[20\leq T<30\quad \big(\!\iff 20\leq\text{age}(H)\leq 29\big).\]
Definition 3: The twenties can be broken into three equal partitions \(t_1\), \(t_2\), and \(t_3\), which we name early-, mid-, and late- respectively such that \[t_1=[20,\,70/3),\quad t_2=[70/3,\,80/3),\quad t_3=[80/3,\,30).\]
I'm sorry, I had to go full maths nerd on this :P
So... was I correct? Haha.Not quite. He’s basically said that he wants to have it so that the 20s are divided into three equal parts. So, early twenties becomes anyone from 20 years to 23 years and 4 months (not including the day they’re exactly 23 years and 4 months). Mid twenties becomes 23 years and 4 months to 26 years and 8 months (again, not including the day they’re exactly 26 years and 8 months). Late twenties is anyone from 26 years and 8 months up until they turn 30.
Not quite. He’s basically said that he wants to have it so that the 20s are divided into three equal parts. So, early twenties becomes anyone from 20 years to 23 years and 4 months (not including the day they’re exactly 23 years and 4 months). Mid twenties becomes 23 years and 4 months to 26 years and 8 months (again, not including the day they’re exactly 26 years and 8 months). Late twenties is anyone from 26 years and 8 months up until they turn 30.
I think you were proposing for 20-22 year olds to be early twenties, 23-26 year olds to be mid twenties and 27-29 year olds to be late twenties.