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minus-squaremst@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up22·9 days agoRemembering 12, 3, 22, 10 and 8 does indeed sound way easier than remembering 1000.
minus-squareThe Ramen Dutchman@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-213 hours agoThan remembering 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10; because metric has more measurements most people don’t use as well! 10 millimetres to a centimetre 10 centimetres to a decimetre 10 decimetres to a metre 10 metres to a decametre 10 decametres to a hectometre 10 hectometres to a kilometre
minus-squareglitchdx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 days agoI know right? it’s such an intuitive system with a convenient unit for every scale you might want to work with.
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoMetric? True it’s nice to have the scales evenly spread
minus-squareEldenLord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·9 days agoI genuinely can‘t tell if you are being serious. Could you tell me at face value, I just want to know.
minus-squareOctavio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 days agoI don’t know glitchdx from Adam, but I say with confidence that they were being sarcastic, and laying it on pretty thick.
minus-squareglitchdx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 days agoyeah, it sucks. There’s no actual case for imperial over metric. it’s just what I’ve spent years getting used to and I’m not changing now.
minus-squareEldenLord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·edit-28 days agoThe imperial units were created for practical every-day measuring, so if you know how to apply them, they still hold up to the task. Just more difficult to use for large data sets like architectural models etc.
Remembering 12, 3, 22, 10 and 8 does indeed sound way easier than remembering 1000.
Than remembering 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10; because metric has more measurements most people don’t use as well!
I know right? it’s such an intuitive system with a convenient unit for every scale you might want to work with.
Metric? True it’s nice to have the scales evenly spread
I genuinely can‘t tell if you are being serious. Could you tell me at face value, I just want to know.
I don’t know glitchdx from Adam, but I say with confidence that they were being sarcastic, and laying it on pretty thick.
yeah, it sucks. There’s no actual case for imperial over metric. it’s just what I’ve spent years getting used to and I’m not changing now.
The imperial units were created for practical every-day measuring, so if you know how to apply them, they still hold up to the task. Just more difficult to use for large data sets like architectural models etc.