@TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 3 days agoWhat things from the 2020s do you think will age horribly?message-square127fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down12
arrow-up1140arrow-down1message-squareWhat things from the 2020s do you think will age horribly?@TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 3 days agomessage-square127fedilink
minus-square@Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink19•3 days ago3/20th of a metre is a wild measurement to read.
minus-square@Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink15•2 days agoThat is someone applying imperial system logic to the metric system. No one in their right mind uses fractions to describe 15cm.
minus-squareim sorry i broke the codelinkfedilink1•1 day agoHenceforth we shall have the imperial metric system, where everything is based on the metric system but is presented as if it were imperial’s
minus-square@Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink3•2 days agoYeah - really confusing. I worked it out as (c.) 6 inches and then further confused myself as to why I was thinking inches from metres. Wild. Luckily I’ve lived with both metric and imperial and am apparently bilingual.
3/20th of a metre is a wild measurement to read.
That is someone applying imperial system logic to the metric system. No one in their right mind uses fractions to describe 15cm.
Henceforth we shall have the imperial metric system, where everything is based on the metric system but is presented as if it were imperial’s
Yeah - really confusing. I worked it out as (c.) 6 inches and then further confused myself as to why I was thinking inches from metres. Wild. Luckily I’ve lived with both metric and imperial and am apparently bilingual.