TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoWhat things from the 2020s do you think will age horribly?message-squaremessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down12
arrow-up1134arrow-down1message-squareWhat things from the 2020s do you think will age horribly?TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square95fedilink
minus-squareGeth@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 months agoThat is someone applying imperial system logic to the metric system. No one in their right mind uses fractions to describe 15cm.
minus-squareNoel_Skum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months 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.
minus-squareim sorry i broke the code@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months 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
That is someone applying imperial system logic to the metric system. No one in their right mind uses fractions to describe 15cm.
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.
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