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  • 0x4E4F@lemmy.rollenspiel.monster
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    Yeah, imperial is… confusing… like you have inches, but then you don’t get decainches, you get feet 😒. And then you don’t have kiloinches, you have miles 🤦.

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      Then they also use 1000ths of an inch. Because fuck it, let’s just throw in a single base 10 unit.

      Biggest dislike is lb-mol and Rankine. Like, it you’re gonna do science, use the metric system, Jesus. Ain’t no one gonna take you seriously using your off-brand clown units.

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        1 year ago

        Then they also use 1000ths of an inch. Because fuck it, let’s just throw in a single base 10 unit.

        Well, to be completely honest, you could say the same about miliseconds… I mean, they are the only ones that do base 10 regarding time measurement 😂.

        Ain’t no one gonna take you seriously using your off-brand clown units.

        🤣🤣🤣 gave me a good chuckle 🤣🤣🤣

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      • 1 foot = 1.2 decainches
      • 1 yard = 3.6 decainches
      • 1 mile = 5.28 kiloinches
      • 1 mile = 1.76 kiloyards
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        1 year ago

        WTF, I though they were related in 10s, that’s not even true 🤦.

        EDIT: Shit, now I got it, they’re related in 12s, like in dousens… why, WHY!

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          EDIT: Shit, now I got it, they’re related in 12s, like in dousens… why, WHY!

          Haha, if only.

          Distance

          -12 inches = 1 foot

          -3 feet = 1 yard

          -22 yards = 1 chain

          -10 chains = 1 furlong

          -8 furlongs = 1 mile

          Weights

          -16 drams = 1 oz

          -16 oz = 1 pound

          -14 pounds = 1 stone

          -8 stone = 1 hundredweight = 112 lb

          -20 hundredweight = 1 ton

          Volume

          -20 fluid oz = 1 pint

          -8 pints = 1 gallon

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            1 year ago

            What? They measure in chains and stones 🤨 😂. I actually didn’t know that 🤣🤣🤣. Regarding oz, I thought it was a liquid (volume) measurement unit… cuz I’ve seen it on milk containers… oh well, guess I was wrong 😂.

            EDIT: Oh wait, no, it’s for both weight and volume 🤣🤣🤣.

            EDIT 2: Nope, there is a volume and a weight oz 🤣, this thing just keeps getting better and better 🤣.

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      What drives me nuts is that everyone likes to pretend America came up with this shit. But it was Britain, they just decided to abandon it for a new standard and were were too busy building a damn country and hating Britain to just adopt a new measurement system.