▲ 406 ▼ 4000 rules breast implants (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 weeks ago by dangling_cat@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone 76 comments fedilink hide all child comments Crossposted from https://piefed.world/c/whitepeopletwitter/p/1317515/sorry-you-ve-been-cut-off
[–] scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 weeks ago* (1 child) Language prescriptivism? In my Lemmy? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) Units are meant to be cross-language. If you want stupid units and ad-hoc abbreviations, use the imperial system. They have PSI (lbf/in²) and mph (mi/h), where one has "p" for reciprocity ("/") and another nothing. And imagine the chaos if other languages used imperial units and abbreviated them: see Wikidata for inch, including 100+ language versions permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 weeks ago (1 child) Counter point: ACAB includes language police. Languages change… deal with it 😎. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 0 points 2 weeks ago Yes, things change. No country used metric in medieval times, now It's mostly just the US that refuses to. It's their lack of experience that leads to abominations like "kph", "sqm", "kgf", "cc" or "MFD" (micro? milli? megafarad?). Only minor updates have needed to be made to the metric system: most recently the kilogram is no longer based on a piece if metal in Paris but constants of the universe. Unless you're weighing to 8+ significant figures, there is no difference. Meanwhile the US ton/metric ton (10%) and mile/nautical mile (15%) difference causes confusion somewhere every day. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) Units are meant to be cross-language. If you want stupid units and ad-hoc abbreviations, use the imperial system. They have PSI (lbf/in²) and mph (mi/h), where one has "p" for reciprocity ("/") and another nothing. And imagine the chaos if other languages used imperial units and abbreviated them: see Wikidata for inch, including 100+ language versions permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 weeks ago (1 child) Counter point: ACAB includes language police. Languages change… deal with it 😎. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 0 points 2 weeks ago Yes, things change. No country used metric in medieval times, now It's mostly just the US that refuses to. It's their lack of experience that leads to abominations like "kph", "sqm", "kgf", "cc" or "MFD" (micro? milli? megafarad?). Only minor updates have needed to be made to the metric system: most recently the kilogram is no longer based on a piece if metal in Paris but constants of the universe. Unless you're weighing to 8+ significant figures, there is no difference. Meanwhile the US ton/metric ton (10%) and mile/nautical mile (15%) difference causes confusion somewhere every day. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 weeks ago (1 child) Counter point: ACAB includes language police. Languages change… deal with it 😎. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 0 points 2 weeks ago Yes, things change. No country used metric in medieval times, now It's mostly just the US that refuses to. It's their lack of experience that leads to abominations like "kph", "sqm", "kgf", "cc" or "MFD" (micro? milli? megafarad?). Only minor updates have needed to be made to the metric system: most recently the kilogram is no longer based on a piece if metal in Paris but constants of the universe. Unless you're weighing to 8+ significant figures, there is no difference. Meanwhile the US ton/metric ton (10%) and mile/nautical mile (15%) difference causes confusion somewhere every day. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 0 points 2 weeks ago Yes, things change. No country used metric in medieval times, now It's mostly just the US that refuses to. It's their lack of experience that leads to abominations like "kph", "sqm", "kgf", "cc" or "MFD" (micro? milli? megafarad?). Only minor updates have needed to be made to the metric system: most recently the kilogram is no longer based on a piece if metal in Paris but constants of the universe. Unless you're weighing to 8+ significant figures, there is no difference. Meanwhile the US ton/metric ton (10%) and mile/nautical mile (15%) difference causes confusion somewhere every day. permalink fedilink source parent
