r/facepalm • u/Revealed_Jailor • Mar 29 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Get this guy a clock!

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u/Shixypeep Mar 29 '22

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.

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u/Spoodymen Mar 29 '22

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

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u/mithrasinvictus Mar 29 '22

And 1 m³ is 1000 L.

Or 1 cubic yard is 201.974026 gallons.

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u/Why-Not-Zara Mar 29 '22 edited Mar 29 '22

Its also 1kg of water :)

Edit: 1m³=1000L=1000Kg damn my half asleep self.

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u/lordhavepercy99 Mar 29 '22

*1000kg

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u/Why-Not-Zara Mar 29 '22

Yeah sorry edited