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minus-squarebleistift2@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·7 months agoIt’s not the measurement system’s fault people like to fall down two notches and use hundreds of milliliters instead. The same applies to decimeters. Most people use meters and centimeters for some reason.
minus-squarechellomere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·7 months agoAt least in Sweden, decimeter and deciliter are very commonly used. They are rather convenient units of measurement.
minus-squareHerrBeter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·7 months agoBecause the Swede is reasonable, unlike the Danes
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoThose actually originated in Germany but so did Danes, so potato/tomahto 🤷 They ARE quite lovely horses, though 😉
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoHey! I resemble that remark! If you REALLY want to see how unreasonable we can be, look what we’ve done to those poor numbers!
minus-squarexantoxis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·7 months agoAnd megameters would be quite useful if we ever used them.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoAs would megagrams, but people insist on using tons/tonnes instead.
minus-squarepostmateDumbass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months ago‘Metric ton’ just has a powerful cadence to it.
minus-squareFlumpkin@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoI require about 10 megajoules of energy each day to remain operational
It’s not the measurement system’s fault people like to fall down two notches and use hundreds of milliliters instead. The same applies to decimeters. Most people use meters and centimeters for some reason.
At least in Sweden, decimeter and deciliter are very commonly used. They are rather convenient units of measurement.
Because the Swede is reasonable, unlike the Danes
But their dogs are Great.
Those actually originated in Germany but so did Danes, so potato/tomahto 🤷
They ARE quite lovely horses, though 😉
Hey! I resemble that remark!
If you REALLY want to see how unreasonable we can be, look what we’ve done to those poor numbers!
And megameters would be quite useful if we ever used them.
As would megagrams, but people insist on using tons/tonnes instead.
‘Metric ton’ just has a powerful cadence to it.
I require about 10 megajoules of energy each day to remain operational