Hi, I think in metric units, so almost everything is some form of a power of 10, like a kilogram is a 1000 grams, etc.

Sometimes I will think of an hour and half as 150 minutes before remembering that it is 90 minutes.

Does something similar happen to imperial units users? Because as far as I understand you don’t have obvious patterns that would cause you to make these mistakes, right?

  • @adam_y
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    310 months ago

    As for the European thing. Being British we measure distance in metres but hight in feet. We measure weight by grams except our own which is often stone and pounds. We drive miles per hour too.

    There’s still a ton of discrepancy when it comes to purchasing drugs too.

    • SolidGrue
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      210 months ago

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      • @adam_y
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        310 months ago

        We left the European union, we didn’t stop being European.

        • @adam_y
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          210 months ago

          I mean, at least until the folk on the east coast row harder and we can drift into the Atlantic a bit more. Still have to navigate around Ireland, but I’ve a feeling they’ll scooch over and let us pass.