Yeah, imperial is... confusing... like you have inches, but then you don't get decainches, you get feet 😒. And then you don't have kiloinches, you have miles 🤦.

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 year ago (15 children)

1 foot = 1.2 decainches
1 yard = 3.6 decainches
1 mile = 5.28 kiloinches
1 mile = 1.76 kiloyards

[–] 0x4E4F@lemmy.rollenspiel.monster 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (13 children)

WTF, I though they were related in 10s, that's not even true 🤦.

EDIT: Shit, now I got it, they're related in 12s, like in dousens... why, WHY!

[–] TheGayTramp@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s not like base ten is some magic thing that’s better in all aspects. I’ll admit that imperial is inconsistent sure, but a dozenal system makes sense when you need to divide things a lot. One foot being twelve inches means you can half, quarter, third, or sixth it without dealing with fractions

[–] 0x4E4F@lemmy.rollenspiel.monster 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have to agree though that this is true. Still, it makes it more difficult if you have to work with 10s, like take a 10th of the measurement.

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