What constitutes "early twenties" etc.?

[Joseph41]

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.

[K888]

Having a mid-life crisis are we?

23 is early-mid twenties and no-one can saying anything to convince me otherwise.
When you get to 24, that's your mid-twenties. 23 is just that one year too soon to be considered "mid".
Your system here:

* Early 20s: 20, 21
* Early-mid 20s: 22, 23
* Mid 20s: 24, 25
* Mid-late 20s: 26, 27
* Late 20s: 28, 29

is an accurate system.

End of debate

[_____]

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.

Mid 20s is 23? 

Your new set makes more sense. Should really have ages to one decimal place like 22.7 so we can split it into three. But math is hard.

This reminds me of this piece of magnificence:

[Joseph41]

Having a mid-life crisis are we?

I'd call it a mid-twenties crisis.

[Sine]

* Early 20s: 20, 21
* Early-mid 20s: 22, 23
* Mid 20s: 24, 25
* Mid-late 20s: 26, 27
* Late 20s: 28, 29

this is 100% correct

EDIT: don't think anyone can argue with it

[K888]

I'd call it a mid-twenties crisis.

*early-mid twenties crisis

[Joseph41]

this is 100% correct

EDIT: don't think anyone can argue with it

I agree that the breakdown there is a good one. My issue comes when making an early-mid-late distinction.

If we look at teenage years:
* Early teens: 13, 14
* Mid teens: 15, 16, 17
* Late teens: 18, 19

This makes sense; there are seven years, so a 2-3-2 split is most intuitive. Along a similar line, why would a 3-4-3 split not be most logical for the twenties?

[sweetiepi]

* Early 20s: 20, 21
* Early-mid 20s: 22, 23
* Mid 20s: 24, 25
* Mid-late 20s: 26, 27
* Late 20s: 28, 29

This is pretty accurate

Although I feel the categories are mostly subject to interpretation, sorta like it is hard to put ages to like other categories such as "young adult", "adult" and "middle aged adult"

[brenden]

20-23 early twenties
24-26 mid twenties
27-29 late twenties

a 5-tiered system is just no good.

[Joseph41]

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?

[brenden]

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.

[strawberries]

5 tiers is too much imo.
this is what i feel?
21-22: early 20s
23-27: mid 20s
28-29: late 20s

[Joseph41]

5 tiers is too much imo.
this is what i feel?
21-22: early 20s
23-27: mid 20s
28-29: late 20s

But what about 20?!

[K888]

5 tiers is too much imo.
this is what i feel?
21-22: early 20s
23-27: mid 20s
28-29: late 20s

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.

But what about 20?!

It's no man's land

[strawberries]

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

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