@joel_feila@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 1 year agowhy don't people say mega metersmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1171file-text
arrow-up1171message-squarewhy don't people say mega meters@joel_feila@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 1 year agomessage-square73fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLostXORlinkfedilink3•1 year agoI’ve always found that strange. I guess a kilogram is a lot closer to “human scale” than a gram, maybe that’s why they picked it.
minus-squareAatubelinkfedilink2•1 year agoSI also does meter instead of cm, so it overall checks out.
minus-square@lud@lemm.eelinkfedilink7•1 year agoHaving meter as a base unit makes more sense than kg because meter lacks any prefix.
minus-squareAatubelinkfedilink1•1 year agoBut that is like a giant difference in what they usually measure
minus-square@joel_feila@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilink2•1 year agoyeah humans do really need a small, inch and cm, a medium, meter and feet, and a big, mile and km.
I’ve always found that strange. I guess a kilogram is a lot closer to “human scale” than a gram, maybe that’s why they picked it.
SI also does meter instead of cm, so it overall checks out.
Having meter as a base unit makes more sense than kg because meter lacks any prefix.
But that is like a giant difference in what they usually measure
yeah humans do really need a small, inch and cm, a medium, meter and feet, and a big, mile and km.