• Dasus@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    We’re on a post that’s about making fun on the imperial system.

    If that’s triggering to you… maybe move on to the next post?

    “Standard”?

    Such tasty irony. :D

    “metrication”

    You mean standardisation?

    “dozenal time” :D

    Our clocks work on 24-hour time, yank. And those twenty four hours are divided into 60 minutes and 60 seconds, which is called sexagesimal, meaning base-60. Imperial isn’t base-anything, as every unit is different from the next.

    An inch is 3 barleycorns. A barleycorn is 4 poppyseeds. A poppyseed (2.11mm) is six points. A point, 0.35mm is twenty twips. A twip is 17 micrometers.

    Also, looking at recipes online, measuring via volume (cups) more common in the US than grams.