irelephant [he/him]🍭 to picsEnglish • 1 month agoEggs are 10.99 in denver.i.imgur.comimagemessage-square354fedilinkarrow-up1822arrow-down143
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minus-squareJustas🇱🇹linkfedilink6•edit-21 month agoSimilar in Lithuania but we buy them in packs of 10.
minus-square✺roguetrick✺link2•1 month agoDuodecimal is objectively better and that’s why commoners used it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoThat’s because the commoners had 6 fingers in each hand
minus-square✺roguetrick✺link1•1 month agoWell they could count 6 knuckles on each hand, with one hand representing the dozens place.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 month agoIt’s more due to the fact that 12 can be divided evenly by 2,3,4,6, and 12. If a single person couldn’t afford a dozen they could split it among other people.
minus-square✺roguetrick✺link1•1 month agoDivision is the key but affordability wasn’t why. Everything agricultural was counted by the dozen, gross, and great gross.
Similar in Lithuania but we buy them in packs of 10.
What a sensible, decimal system!
Duodecimal is objectively better and that’s why commoners used it.
That’s because the commoners had 6 fingers in each hand
Well they could count 6 knuckles on each hand, with one hand representing the dozens place.
It’s more due to the fact that 12 can be divided evenly by 2,3,4,6, and 12. If a single person couldn’t afford a dozen they could split it among other people.
Division is the key but affordability wasn’t why. Everything agricultural was counted by the dozen, gross, and great gross.