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[-] Sagifurius@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Because you people have ten fingers and use them to count.

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You're so close to getting it - why is it not a fraction of 10, but a fraction of 100?

[-] Sagifurius@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Because base 60 was too useful for a bunch of French fuckwits couple hundred years ago

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

So we use fractions of 100 instead of fractions of 10 because base 60 was too useful? How does that make any sense? The question wasn't why we use base 100 instead of base 60.

[-] Sagifurius@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Not really knowledgeable bout history either, are you?

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Not really able to lead a conversation without non-sequiturs, are you?

[-] Sagifurius@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

It's not a non sequitur. You'd know that if you ever read a book.

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

No, it's a full-on non-sequitur. As I said, the question wasn't why we use fractions of 100 instead of fractions of 60, but why we use fractions of 100 instead of fractions of 10. What you're saying doesn't relate at all to my question.

But I'm done here, you're either arguing in incredibly bad faith, or you're not capable of understanding my questions. Either isn't something I'll spend more time on.

[-] Sagifurius@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Just cause you don't understand doesn't make it a non-sequitur

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