The SpectreM to [email protected] • 7 months agoOnly telling people my height in cm from now onlemmy.mlimagemessage-square171fedilinkarrow-up1887arrow-down120
arrow-up1867arrow-down1imageOnly telling people my height in cm from now onlemmy.mlThe SpectreM to [email protected] • 7 months agomessage-square171fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•7 months agoA better example would be if europeans really gave their weight in grams. I don’t think they do, they use kilo’s cause they don’t really need the precision of a gram for something like that.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•7 months agobecause grams are small, but 174cm makes more sense than 1.7m
minus-square@ClockworkOtterlink4•7 months agoAgreed, since 1.65 and 1.74 both round to 1.7m, but 9cm is a pretty significant height difference.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months ago“Small” is extremely relative, I’d say centimeters are small too.
A better example would be if europeans really gave their weight in grams. I don’t think they do, they use kilo’s cause they don’t really need the precision of a gram for something like that.
because grams are small, but 174cm makes more sense than 1.7m
Agreed, since 1.65 and 1.74 both round to 1.7m, but 9cm is a pretty significant height difference.
“Small” is extremely relative, I’d say centimeters are small too.