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This is a bigger culture shock than the metric vs imperial system to me. (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

You start counting with 1. If you're counting floors, where you enter the building you step on floor #1 and walking upstairs you land on floor# 2. Just like how there isn't a year 0 because we count the amount of time passed. You count the number of floors traveled.