Measurements are all about the vibe, baby

[Retro]

Measurements have to be meaningful and catchy to become popular. This is why we don't measure small things like the width of a book in light nanoseconds for example. It's mathematically accurate, but quite unrelatable and writing light nanoseconds all the time quite inconvenient, although shortened to ln would work.

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[live627]

Isn't LN short for Line?

 

[Retro]

It could stand for that or several other things.

 

[Hitcore]

Americans will use anything but the metric system.

 

[ulumen55]

Americans will use anything but the metric system.

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This is kinda hilarious lol

 

[Retro]

Americans will use anything but the metric system.

The irony of this is that their root standards are metric like the rest of the world, but then convert them to imperial for daily use. The reason given is that it's just tradition. Aside from imperial being so damned awkward to use, this introduces errors too. Idiotic.

Veritasuium did a great video about this almost 9 years ago:

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[Hitcore]

In America the metric system is more often used by criminals than by ordinary people.

Ay Tony, when you're buyin' those two kilos of blow from Fat Paulie tonight, make sure you got that new 9 mil on ya. The barrel’s 10 centimeters longer.... better accuracy. And remember, if Fat Paulie comes even a few grams short: wack him.