BrookeBaybee [she/her,love/loves] to chapotraphouse • 2 years ago"The Metric system is so cool, you've gotta switch to it"message-squaremessage-square22 fedilinkarrow-up152file-text
arrow-up152message-square"The Metric system is so cool, you've gotta switch to it"BrookeBaybee [she/her,love/loves] to chapotraphouse • 2 years agomessage-square22 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNephroni [he/him]hexbear3·2 years agoHow does this make sense? Couldn't you just measure anything you needed in cm or mm?? link
minus-squareTheGreenOx [he/him]hexbear1·2 years agoimperial units are roughly base twelve so it's easier to do multiples of 1/3. Marginally beneficial in practice, but imperial isn't entirely pointless. link
minus-squarejkfjfhkdfgdfb [she/her]hexbear1·2 years agono, inches are magically fucking better somehow link
How does this make sense? Couldn't you just measure anything you needed in cm or mm??
imperial units are roughly base twelve so it's easier to do multiples of 1/3. Marginally beneficial in practice, but imperial isn't entirely pointless.
no, inches are magically fucking better somehow