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A ton of bollocks, more like (files.catbox.moe)
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[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 100 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A tonne is 1000kg, any other measurement sounding like it is mental illness

[-] abominablecosmonaut44@lemmy.world 73 points 2 months ago

Isn't that just a megagram?

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

I think that’s a Decepticon.

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 6 points 2 months ago

Your thinking of Megatron, a megagramme is an x-ray photograph of breast tissue, in order to screen for breast cancer.

[-] xthexder@l.sw0.com 5 points 2 months ago

You're thinking of a mammogram , a maritime is a long-distance running event over a distance of about 42km.

[-] aulin@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

The British spelling also looks a bit mental to be honest. But I'm sure it's France's fault.

[-] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

We're talking about a ton, not a tönnnèê

[-] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I'm just mad kg is the base unit, inconsistent with the rest. The prefixes for mass are all wrong (in my opinion).

Bring back the Grave.

For example then a joule could be G m^2^ s^-2^, no prefixes 🥹 (I dunno what the symbol for Grave would be)

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

kilogram isn't a base unit, the gram is

like, look at the word kilogram

[-] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You'd think so, but unfortunately no: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_base_unit

Edit: For example a 1 Joule is kg m^2^ s^-2^

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