• Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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    4 months ago

    You can see this was made by an American.

    Because why would the European use decimals for their own height? Just so it rounds to the nearest inch? Unlikely.

  • nexguy@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Question, why do Europeans measure height in meters then centimeters(or just centimeters). It seems to make more sense to use decimeters then centimeters. Just one of those traditional things?

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      4 months ago

      As someone else said, decimeters aren’t actually used by anyone. In fact, other than centimetres and decibels, I can’t think of any commonly-used unit that uses a prefix that isn’t a power of 1000. (kilo, mega, milli, micro, etc. are all powers of 1000)

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    4 months ago

    Making me divide by 12: that’s a paddlin’.

    > console.log(`${Math.trunc(74/12)}' ${74 % 12}"`)
    6' 2"
    
    • Got_Bent@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      I never could understand why they made us learn multiplication tables up to twelve. This is why, isn’t it?

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        4 months ago

        We only went up to ten in germany, so yea probably.

        Also my god those things are pointless.

  • CaptKoala@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    Fuck your freedom units. I’ll stick to sane units of measurement thank you.

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      4 months ago

      Personally I find 6 big unit + 2 small unit easier to visualize compared to a large number of small units 🤷‍♂️

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    4 months ago

    Fun penis fact: if you tell people you’re 6.5 inches, it sounds like you’re trying too hard to get that last bit of length. If you instead say 17cm, that’s just how long you are.

    You’re welcome, fellow penis owners.