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[โ€“] tryptaminev@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Problem with a foot is, that it creates a reference, to well a human foot. But my feet are 11" whereas my gfs feet are 9.4" and my fathers feet are 12".

So four foot for my gf would be three foot for my dad. That is a terribly inaccurate references.

We used to have the same thing for cloth, where the length was measured with your underarm. Guess the shorter traders got rich off it.

[โ€“] Metatronz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

And just as you noticed people are different sizes so would have people of the past. They weren't stupid or blind. Probably some room for haggling or less business, if you're trying to screw folks.