• @someguy3
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    3 days ago

    A metric ton would be more accurately called a megagram (Mg).

    What Jesse is proposing here is a new prefix of skelegram to be 10,000 grams. That would also mean a skelemeter to be 10,000 m.

    • @BluesF
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      132 days ago

      I think he’s proposing a skele-ton which is 0.01 tons, (i.e. 10kg), not a skelegram which is 10,000g. A skele-gram in this case would be 0.01g.

      • @someguy3
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        2 days ago

        Well a metric tonne is based on a prefix, so a prefix to that is a double prefix. Skelemegagram to suit that situation which is the wrong way to do it.

        • @BluesF
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          42 days ago

          Sure, but the joke is skele-ton

      • @ChicoSuave
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        112 days ago

        It rolls off the tongue.

        Skelemeter…

    • @Jesus_666
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      122 days ago

      An obsolete 10,000 prefix already exits (“myria-”) but Jesse’s prefix is a bit snappier.

    • @[email protected]
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      32 days ago

      No no no no!

      Skelegram is my startup that sends skeletons to people to their email address or physical address.