Posadas [he/him, they/them] to chapotraphouse • 3 years agoHot take: Meters are just as arbitrary as feet and yards.message-squaremessage-square118 fedilinkarrow-up128
arrow-up128message-squareHot take: Meters are just as arbitrary as feet and yards.Posadas [he/him, they/them] to chapotraphouse • 3 years agomessage-square118 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareChrist_Lover [none/use name]hexbear11·3 years agoNo but you see, instead of #logical numbers I have to memorize arbitrary numbers! Checkmate, world link
minus-squareFakename_Bill [he/him]hexbear6·3 years agoMemorize? You have no idea how baked-into Fahrenheit-users' collective memory the number 32 is. There's nothing to memorize, that just *is* freezing. link
minus-squareChrist_Lover [none/use name]hexbear4·3 years agoSame for metric. You just know what -30, -20, -10, 10, 20, 30 is and there's nothing to memorize. You just know the temperature. link
No but you see, instead of #logical numbers I have to memorize arbitrary numbers! Checkmate, world
Memorize? You have no idea how baked-into Fahrenheit-users' collective memory the number 32 is. There's nothing to memorize, that just *is* freezing.
Same for metric. You just know what -30, -20, -10, 10, 20, 30 is and there's nothing to memorize. You just know the temperature.
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