TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoWhat things from the 2020s do you think will age horribly?message-squaremessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat things from the 2020s do you think will age horribly?TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square93fedilink
minus-squareNoel_Skum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months ago3/20th of a metre is a wild measurement to read.
minus-squareGeth@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 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-up0·2 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.
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.
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.