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People like to shit on the imperial measurements for its inconsistensies, but why is it we have a similarly dogshit one for measuring time? (lemmygrad.ml)
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For example,

60 seconds = 1 minute

60 minutes = 1 hour

24 hours = 1 day

7 day = 1 week

29-31 days = Month (approx.)

365/366 days = year

It's like for the imperial measurement of distance, where 1 mile = 5280 feet...

Edit: just to clarify, I'm more or less keen towards any consistent, decimal-based measurement systems like base-10 or base-12.

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[–] CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I can do it with other units too. 1l of water at 20C heated by 1C converts to 1 calorie. The average glass holds 330ml of fluid, so I need to expand 0.33 calories to heat that glass up by 1C.

I actually kinda like the idea of the gallon due to how much beer that represents in a small unit, 1l is tiny.

[–] WaterBowlSlime@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

1 cup of water takes 2 minutes of microwaving to make 1 serving of instant hot chocolate which contains however many calories idk I'm not gonna read the label.

Admit it, we have the superior measurements.

[–] CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I can actually buy that instant hot chocolate