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[–] CaptKoala@lemmy.ml 26 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] CaptKoala@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Most of them, I hadn't heard of the term until your reply., never used Kelvin, mole or candela before.

[–] Zess@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Personally I find 6 big unit + 2 small unit easier to visualize compared to a large number of small units πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

[–] set_secret@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's because your conditioned to do so. If you grow up with cm as your default height measurement it's just as natural as your 4 foot 6 or whatever. 180cm i can easily visualise, it's not that either is inherently better (although you know in your heart the metric system is superior πŸ˜‰)

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah, the adult range is roughly 150cm for a tiny woman, up to 200cm for a towering man. 170cm is pretty average for a woman. 180cm is pretty average for a man.

So, 188cm is already a rather tall man.

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

That's the joke: 188cm (ignore the mm) are 1m 88, easy as pie. Meanwhile inches to feet...

[–] outerspace@lemmy.zip 8 points 5 months ago

188cm is 1m + 88cm or 2m - 12cm

[–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Use decimetres I guess

everyone is gonna look at you funny but you'll have your medium sized units

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 3 points 5 months ago

18 big unit + 7 small unit