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[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

Yes. Or go with 25mm/s in that case, but because metric is trivial to move up/down to different sized units that is simple to do.

Meanwhile in imperial, fuck knows. 12 inches to a foot, 3 feet to a yard and then some number over 1000 yards to a mile.

Even worse with volume, which fucking gallon are you using? There are different ones! It might be (vaguely close to) 3.5L, or 4.5L! I think there might even be another one somewhere.

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[–] Kind_to_Everyone@slrpnk.net 1 point 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

So you struggle to remember there are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, and 24 hours in a day? Again, having never seen a metric clock in my life, I assumed people could remember imperial identities or at the very least look them up if they cared.

Imperial evolved over centuries to contain units people actually use. I do not expect it to be used in science, Metric has its purpose. However, units that vary when it matters have value.

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