Comment on Tiddies are nice but the metric system is better

LeftReddit2@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Little1Lost@gehirneimer.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A kilometer is
  0.000,000,000,000,001 Exameters
  0.000,000,000,001 Petameters
  0.000,000,001 Terameters
  0.000,001 Gigameters
  0.001 Megameters
  1 Kilometer
  10 Hectometer
  100 Dekameter
  1,000 Meter
  10,000 Decimeter
  100,000 Centimeter
  1,000,000 Millimeter
  1,000,000,000 Micrometer
  1,000,000,000,000 Nanometer
  1,000,000,000,000 Picometer
  1,000,000,000,000,000,000 Femtometer
  or
  1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Attometer

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  • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You’re talking to an American. They use anything but a logical system. To explain to them what, a kilometer is, you need to put yourself in their position and go from that. Let me help:

    A kilometer is:

    • 167 Ford F-150’s,
    • 1,150 dishwashers,
    • 5,556 bibles,
    • 5,263 bananas,
    • 1,250 AR-15’s,
    • 0.62 miles,
    • 3,281 feet,
    • 39,370 inches,
    • etc.

    To make sense to an American, you need to not make any sense. This includes swapping the period and comma around in numbers, but you already did that.

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    • Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I would call it an upvote, but I will give you +1 Eagle Scream for the accuracy of your AR-15 unit measurement.

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      • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Same accuracy as seen during school shootings, am I right?

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  • TheDarkQuark@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    (you forgot 3 zeroes in Picometer)

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    • Little1Lost@gehirneimer.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      thank you for pointing it out :-)

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  • LeftReddit2@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thanks man, that really cleared it up. I understand now.

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