• @_stranger_
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    231 year ago

    “pound foot” is the most intuitive name for a unit of force imaginable!

    How much force? One pound of the foot. Easy!

    • @mdurell
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      61 year ago

      Red Foreman agrees… “one pound of my foot in your ass”

    • @Bytemeister
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      21 year ago

      It’s a derived unit of torque. Pound is already a measure of force.

      • @_stranger_
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        21 year ago

        Of this, you and I, are quite aware.

        The Joke, however, is in the air.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      Better than “newton-meters” , yeesh. What the hell is a “newton”?

      Actually, what the hell is a “meter”?

      • @[email protected]
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        31 year ago

        The mnemonic for remembering a newton is actually one of my favorites. It’s the force required to move 1kg by 1m. A kg being roughly the mass of an apple makes Newton a natural and somewhat clever fit for the concept.