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[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

3/20th of a metre is a wild measurement to read.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That is someone applying imperial system logic to the metric system. No one in their right mind uses fractions to describe 15cm.

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Yeah - really confusing. I worked it out as (c.) 6 inches and then further confused myself as to why I was thinking inches from metres. Wild. Luckily I’ve lived with both metric and imperial and am apparently bilingual.

[–] nitefox@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Henceforth we shall have the imperial metric system, where everything is based on the metric system but is presented as if it were imperial’s