Zerush@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 6 months agoWhy still using the imperial system?abananaforscale.comexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down118
arrow-up162arrow-down1external-linkWhy still using the imperial system?abananaforscale.comZerush@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 6 months agomessage-square82fedilink
minus-squarefrightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-26 months ago “wait, what is 5/8 + 3/16 + 1 7/64?” Those are so easily commensurable! It’s 1 and 59/64 obv. It’s set up to make this easy. Let me ask: do you think people have usedit for hundreds of years for no reason?
minus-squarePalacegalleryratio [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoLet me also ask, do you think the rest of the world moved away from it for no reason?
Those are so easily commensurable! It’s 1 and 59/64 obv.
It’s set up to make this easy.
Let me ask: do you think people have usedit for hundreds of years for no reason?
Let me also ask, do you think the rest of the world moved away from it for no reason?