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[–] [email protected] 71 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

gms? Wtf.

gram [g]

The gram (originally gramme; SI unit symbol g)

I propose g/kg body weight.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 6 months ago (2 children)

gms/kg

That doesn't look right

lb

Ugh, at least I've heard of that

quart

Was this chart made by a mediaeval apothecary?

cylinder

Alright, what the fuck‽

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It’s an American. Ld50 is in g/kg. Quarts are our magic bullshit, but idk why they used it vodka is in fifths and handles (750mL/1.5L respectively). Table salt comes in a standard cylindrical container consisting of about enough to kill every other person that weighs 10.7 stone.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I'm guessing a fifth is like a fifth of a gallon, but handles‽

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You are correct. A handle is double that. It’s big enough the bottle has a handle on it

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Seems like a perfectly cromulent unit of measurement

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

The only thing I'll defend here is cylinder, because we actually all get our salt in cylinders, so it's a legitimately useful comparison in this one specific instance

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Most LD50 measurements are listed as mg/kg.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

My first thought was gram times second times meter per kilogram xD