Spectre@lemmy.mlM to Comics@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoOnly telling people my height in cm from now onlemmy.mlimagemessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1659arrow-down116
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minus-squarenexguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoQuestion, why do Europeans measure height in meters then centimeters(or just centimeters). It seems to make more sense to use decimeters then centimeters. Just one of those traditional things?
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI’m trying to think of anything measured in decimeters.
minus-squarenexguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoM / cm It’s such a large difference in length you’d think decimeters would make sense.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s not needed, because converting between them takes no effort. If someone tells you “50 centimeter”, you’ll know immediately that it’s 5 decimeter or 0.5 meter.
Question, why do Europeans measure height in meters then centimeters(or just centimeters). It seems to make more sense to use decimeters then centimeters. Just one of those traditional things?
I’m trying to think of anything measured in decimeters.
M / cm It’s such a large difference in length you’d think decimeters would make sense.
You just shuffle zeroes
It’s not needed, because converting between them takes no effort.
If someone tells you “50 centimeter”, you’ll know immediately that it’s 5 decimeter or 0.5 meter.
Liter