• lugal@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    True but there are also many different types of meters: kilometers, centimeters, millimeters, thermometers, barometers, … face it: the metric system isn’t better

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      10 months ago

      You are right. But the metric system is intuitive. 12 millimeters = 1 centimeter, 3 centimeter = 1 meter, 100 meter is a football pitch, and 1760 meters are a kilometer (I had to google this one because I never know. The designers really missed out at using 1776 meters in a kilometer).

      /s

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      10 months ago

      This is a good and funny comment. Sorry the people voting are too thick to get it

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      10 months ago

      kilo is a common prefix meaning *1000

      milli is /1000

      and you can use them for several units

      it’s not like we use “irish” to mean *1.27

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        10 months ago

        Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t Irish Coffee exactly 1.27 coffees?

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          10 months ago

          When I make an Irish coffee, that’s definetly not what makes it Irish. Though by coincidence it does end up 1.27 times the size of a regular one, on account of the additives.

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          10 months ago

          No, “irish coffee” is coffee with alcohol in it. At least where I am from.

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          10 months ago

          it may be

          but the usability is about being common

          if everyone (or almost everyone) used it, it would be useful

          tho, I still like metric better because it matches our base

          but if ppl around you use irish to mean *1.27, go for it

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      10 months ago

      No. A metre is always a metre. The prefixes are standardizex.

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        10 months ago

        Still: the difference between a kilometer and a centimeter is much bigger than the difference between a nautical mile and an Irish mile. And not even all meters are standardized. Thermometers and barometers vary hugely in size

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          10 months ago

          Ah, you must live in the US. Because in the rest of the English speaking world, a metre is a unit of length, and a meter is a measuring device. Note the difference in spelling. ;)

          Not that it makes a tonne of difference.

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            10 months ago

            Jokes on you: I live outside the English speaking world. Checkmate atheist

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        9 months ago

        I see your point but my ratio is much better than it was before. I guess some people are able to read my comments 2 level lower (like this one)