If the M*tric System "people" had their way, we'd have 10 hours in a day and 100 minutes per hour.
We'd have 100 seconds, or "centiminutes" per minute"
Fun fact: the Metric System was invented by the French Revolution and initially included 10-day weeks so people would forget the Lord's Day
The Metric System is like the line of Cain in Genesis. Technologically useful but sucks out your soul
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“If the M*tric System”
“"people" had their way,”
“we'd have 10 hours in a day and 100 minutes per hour.
“Fun fact: the Metric System was invented by the French Revolution and initially included 10-day weeks so people would forget the Lord's Day”
“The Metric System is like the line of Cain in Genesis. Technologically useful but sucks out your soul”
If the M*tric System "people" had their way, we'd have 10 hours in a day and 100 minutes per hour
Or one metric hour might be worth 2 hours and 24 minutes SI.
The Metric System is like the line of Cain in Genesis. Technologically useful but sucks out your soul
Please, tell us how using kilometers instead of miles might endanger your soul.
One kinda funny thing is, I’m in the US, where we supposedly DON’T use the metric system…but wait, we actually kinda DO. Like if you’re doing anything where you turn a wrench or something you better know your millimeters and such. And have all the sockets and whatnot for both.
Metric time is real, but it was also a really bad idea. It was "developed" and tested by the French, but had nothing to do with how many days are in a week. Even back then, we knew clocks and calendars are inextricably linked to the earth's rotation. You can't just use different numbers. Again, we knew all this over 200 years ago.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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