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If you want to convert between imperial units, going straight from feet to miles is impractical. You’d be better off knowing the chart of survey units, and they’re all small numbers so they’re easy to remember.

12 inches in a foot

3 feet in a yard

22 yards in a chain

10 chains in a furlong

8 furlongs in a mile

Of course, i know this because I do 3d art in blender and refuse to set it to metric.

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Rooty@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Of course, i know this because I do 3d art in blender and refuse to set it to metric.

Did the metric system kill your family or something?

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mst@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Remembering 12, 3, 22, 10 and 8 does indeed sound way easier than remembering 1000.

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- glitchdx@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I know right? it’s such an intuitive system with a convenient unit for every scale you might want to work with.
  
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  - EldenLord@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I genuinely can‘t tell if you are being serious. Could you tell me at face value, I just want to know.
    
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    Octavio@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I don’t know glitchdx from Adam, but I say with confidence that they were being sarcastic, and laying it on pretty thick.
    
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    glitchdx@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    yeah, it sucks. There’s no actual case for imperial over metric. it’s just what I’ve spent years getting used to and I’m not changing now.
    
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NikkiDimes@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Of course, i know this because I do 3d art in blender and refuse to set it to metric.

You monster.

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- glitchdx@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  The dark side can be a pathway to many abilities some might consider … stupid.
  
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cute_noker@feddit.dk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
How do you do weight measurements? I noticed a lot of Americans use grams

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- bier@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Drugs are done in grams i think
  
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- ebolapie@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  We use both. Body weight is in pounds, but nutrition is in grams.
  
  In general we use metric more for smaller, more precise weights and imperial for everything else. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone measure anything except cocaine in kilograms.
  
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- glitchdx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Weight is in pounds. Only pounds. don’t ask me how much a gram or a ton is.
  
  Volume, though, I still remember “Gallon Man” from 1st grade.
  
  2 cups in a pint
  
  2 pints in a quart
  
  4 quarts in a gallon
  
  What’s after gallons? not a clue.
  
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