Comment on Attempt to motivate people to take the stairs

• baldingpudenda@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In exercise, Kilocalorie and calorie are used interchangeably

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  • Little_mouse@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They try to make a distinction when referring to kilocalories as Calories, it’s literally just that Calorie (kcal) is capitalized and calorie (cal) is not.

    It’s a dumb system.

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    • NielsBohron@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s all just because Americans have a pathological aversion to metric prefixes

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  • sgh@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, I just realized my mistake and attempted to delete my comment before anyone else could see it… no luck this time.

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    • baldingpudenda@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s cool. People will see it and learn.

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  • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s mad

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• rImITywR@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A calorie and a kilocalorie are the same thing when talking about nutrition/exercise. Which is 1000 “small” calories.

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