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This post is from 2022-07-13.

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[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This post is from 2022-07-13.

ISO 8601 Meister Rasse

[–] pleb_maximus@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Meister Rasse

You know the problem with that one. I suggest Herren Rennen instead.

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, Herren Rennen is much better, Dankeschön!

[–] pleb_maximus@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

You're welcome, mein Kerl. Bitteschön!

[–] twotenth@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

This is THE way.

[–] 0x4E4F@lemmy.rollenspiel.monster 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Yeah, imperial is... confusing... like you have inches, but then you don't get decainches, you get feet 😒. And then you don't have kiloinches, you have miles 🤦.

[–] NightAuthor@beehaw.org 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What drives me nuts is that everyone likes to pretend America came up with this shit. But it was Britain, they just decided to abandon it for a new standard and were were too busy building a damn country and hating Britain to just adopt a new measurement system.

[–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

they at least saw the dogshit and put then away

Ok, ok, you're right, I won't tease you guys any more about this 😂.

[–] Enasni@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’s easy though. 1 mile is approximately 8,448 bananas long.

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago

properly, a banana is a unit of energy rather than length

[–] 0x4E4F@lemmy.rollenspiel.monster 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks, might come in handy if I ever visit Madagascar 😉 ☺️.

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)
  • 1 foot = 1.2 decainches
  • 1 yard = 3.6 decainches
  • 1 mile = 5.28 kiloinches
  • 1 mile = 1.76 kiloyards
[–] 0x4E4F@lemmy.rollenspiel.monster 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

WTF, I though they were related in 10s, that's not even true 🤦.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Just wait until you find out what system dozens comes from.

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[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] TheGayTramp@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s not like base ten is some magic thing that’s better in all aspects. I’ll admit that imperial is inconsistent sure, but a dozenal system makes sense when you need to divide things a lot. One foot being twelve inches means you can half, quarter, third, or sixth it without dealing with fractions

I have to agree though that this is true.

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[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then they also use 1000ths of an inch. Because fuck it, let's just throw in a single base 10 unit.

Biggest dislike is lb-mol and Rankine. Like, it you're gonna do science, use the metric system, Jesus. Ain't no one gonna take you seriously using your off-brand clown units.

[–] 0x4E4F@lemmy.rollenspiel.monster 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Then they also use 1000ths of an inch. Because fuck it, let's just throw in a single base 10 unit.

Well, to be completely honest, you could say the same about miliseconds... I mean, they are the only ones that do base 10 regarding time measurement 😂.

Ain't no one gonna take you seriously using your off-brand clown units.

🤣🤣🤣 gave me a good chuckle 🤣🤣🤣

[–] 342345@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

And now let's look at our time units... leap years, leap second. A month has 28, 29, 30 or 31 days. A day has 2*12 hours. An hour has 60 minutes or 3600 seconds (Babylonian mathematics :) )

I see room for improvement.

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

There is always a room for improvement. :)

[–] HaphazardFinesse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Base 10 time makes me irrationally angry though lol

[–] Johanno@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Oh I love it. Why did they drop it????

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[–] A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

this meme is 3.3 burgers/bullet not great not terrible

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

I mean, I feel kinda same too but maybe someone will find a better things to write.

[–] shield@lemmy.tf 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Please help me I've been balancing the donkey on this seesaw for 30 years

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Are you the cat or the dog? (By the way the cat's just pretending to help.)

[–] tuto193@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where is the first picture from? I've only seen the statue in Bremen (Germany), but never really looked up what it meant or where it really comes from.

[–] topRamen@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Imperial was based on using body parts and common items to measure things. Inch was about the width of a mans thumb, foot the size of his foot, yard was the length of his arm, etc. But we have more access to things to measure now so like its kinda pointless but just stuck.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I wonder if someone made the imperial side make sense in imperial either via length or weights lol.

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

That would be a challenge :)

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

That would be a challenge. :)

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