2026-10-15 10:13 UTC
This exactly proves my point again. I like imperial. I like factors of 8 and 12. I don’t want factors of 10, in my occupation in a cut/sew shop I don’t find it as useful.
If a metre was a yard we could talk between the systems. We could use the preffered system for the application. If someone said 2.5 meters, because I know my twelve times table, I would understand instantly that it’s 90" or 7 1/2 feet. I honestly have no clue how many feet are in a mile, I use kilometers for that.
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@groet@feddit.org 2026-10-15 10:55
What volume does one pound of water have? How long are the sides of a cube of that volume? How much energy do you need to raise a one pound object up by one yard? In the respective metric units the answer to these conversions is either 1 or a factor of 10 How many of those conversions are a factor of 8 or 12? Metric is a lot more then just meters and centimeters and all of those conversions make sense