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Why still using the imperial system? (abananaforscale.com)

submitted 7 months ago by Zerush@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] rutellthesinful@kbin.social 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (16 children)

okay then my answer to the hypothetical is 9.5/3, which is every bit as easy to find on any measurement device, or to use for any practical purpose, as 1/24th

[–] bloodfart@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (15 children)

Well I’m not the person who initially asked you that, I’m just someone who recognizes how easy it is to work with fractions.

Also I have a ruler with 1/12s graduations and while it’s not 24ths, my neighbor has one marked like that.

E: my drafting ruler has a short 24ths scale

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You know what really gets me about these threads? Everybody being like "Can you believe Americans are stupid enough to comprehend fractions? I'm too smart to comprehend fractions."

[–] rutellthesinful@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago

thinking that knowing that 1/3 * 1/8 = 1/24 is something that anybody wouldn't know is stupid

the point is the impracticality of the result being essentially equivalent to 95/3

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