▲ 519 ▼ A metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg). (lemmy.ca) submitted 3 years ago by someguy3@lemmy.ca to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 167 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) I measure my fuel consumption in square millimeters, thank you very much. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Eheran@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago I get the joke. But it does not actually work. The unit is meter (to some power) but it is not the same meter. One is for a specific liquid, the other for a driving distance. That information was just omitted to begin with, since everyone knows what is meant with the regular units/expression. But when you would want to do that, you need to put that information back at the end. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago I get the joke. But it does not actually work. The unit is meter (to some power) but it is not the same meter. One is for a specific liquid, the other for a driving distance. That information was just omitted to begin with, since everyone knows what is meant with the regular units/expression. But when you would want to do that, you need to put that information back at the end. permalink fedilink source parent