OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 8 hours agoYou've Just Been Hit By The Metric System Boyslemmy.worldimagemessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down115
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minus-squareWalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down2·8 hours agoIt only seems ridiculous because you forgot some intermediates: 5.5 yards = 1 rod, 4 rods = 1 chain, 10 chain = 1 furlong, and 8 furlong = 1 mile. So just gotta remember 12, 3, 5.5, 4, 10, 8. Super simple.
minus-squaredamnthefilibuster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 hours agoRod? Chain? What is this bdsm?
minus-squareOld Sage Rick@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·7 hours agoWorse, its the imperial units “system” No safeword, no lube
minus-squarenightwatch_admin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 hours agoThis explanation is fucking gold
minus-squarebajabound@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-26 hours agoLinks and chains brings me back to my old drafting days. 10 square chains are 1 acre. 80 chains is a mile.
It only seems ridiculous because you forgot some intermediates: 5.5 yards = 1 rod, 4 rods = 1 chain, 10 chain = 1 furlong, and 8 furlong = 1 mile. So just gotta remember 12, 3, 5.5, 4, 10, 8. Super simple.
Rod? Chain? What is this bdsm?
Worse, its the imperial units “system”
No safeword, no lube
This explanation is fucking gold
You mean US Customary
Don’t make me math
Links and chains brings me back to my old drafting days. 10 square chains are 1 acre. 80 chains is a mile.