439
submitted 1 month ago by Stamets@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] kameecoding@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No man, you don't get it, I was told that a foot is much better, because that's 12 inches and then 12 can be easily divided by 2,3,4,6

As if you couldn't just work with wood sizes of 12 or 24cms....

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

i would accept that if the rest followed.

it's 12 inches in a foot, 3 feet in a yard, 1760 yards in a mile.

meanwhile everywhere else in the world we just add and remove zeroes as needed. (or move the decimal point)

[-] GrosPapatouf@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

To be fair, using the decimal system for everything was the No1 mistake of the french revolution. A duodecimal system would have been so much nicer.

[-] ajoebyanyothername@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

A duodecimal system would have been so much nicer.

Everyone loves a library!

[-] bss03@infosec.pub 1 points 1 month ago

I think that's the Dewey decimal system, which inspired the Chewy decimal system, which is the next innovation in grocery store layouts.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

It's so hard to even conceptualize if it would be better. A few common divisions would be, but is it easier than a decimal system? Would switching to one ever not feel weird if you previously learnt the decimal system?

this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2025
439 points (98.5% liked)

memes

16369 readers
851 users here now

Community rules

1. Be civilNo trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour

2. No politicsThis is non-politics community. For political memes please go to !politicalmemes@lemmy.world

3. No recent repostsCheck for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month

4. No botsNo bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins

5. No Spam/AdsNo advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live.

A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment

Sister communities

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS