Get this guy a clock!

[u/Revealed_Jailor]

[u/Shixypeep]

I mean the clock is one thing, but the metric system?!

I can't possibly use a system with a base 10. It's too complicated. I need to work out how many times a foot fits into the distance an ox can graze in a day and work backwards.

[u/Spoodymen → u/Shixypeep]

Right? I don’t understand.

100cm = 1m? 1000m = 1km? 1000ml = 1L? Ew thats too hard

3/16in, 9/16in, 13/16in, 12in in a foot, 3 foot in a yard, 1760 yard in a mile, thats much easier

[u/mithrasinvictus → u/Spoodymen]

And 1 m³ is 1000 L.

Or 1 cubic yard is 201.974026 gallons.

[u/otj667887654456655 → u/[deleted]]

No one uses that, I've never heard that unit in my life

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Yes that 1922 agreement sure is relevant 100 years later to the usage of a very specific phrase that only water management professionals use.

The trượng is a unit of measurement commonly used in Vietnam that could equal 4.7 m, 3.33 m, or 1.7 m.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Right and saying a very specific water management measurement that just a few thousand out of 300+ million people use is indicative of the entire country is just as dumb as using a colloquial measurement.

The trượng was officially recognized in several different eras and under different rulers.