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submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] 4lan 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Lol is it?

Think of all the different numbers you have to divide different units in our system by to convert.

numbers are base 10 for every single society on earth. Metric units always scale by 10. It's literally perfect for how we interpret numbers

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Metric is convenient for people that understand decimal numbers. Someone is 1.70 meter in height

Imperial was designed for people that only know fractions. Someone is 5 feet 9 inches.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

*every single western society