@joel_feila@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 4 months agowhy don't people say mega metersmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1165arrow-down1message-squarewhy don't people say mega meters@joel_feila@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 4 months agomessage-square76fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLostXORlinkfedilink3•4 months agoI’ve always found that strange. I guess a kilogram is a lot closer to “human scale” than a gram, maybe that’s why they picked it.
minus-square@joel_feila@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilink2•4 months agoyeah humans do really need a small, inch and cm, a medium, meter and feet, and a big, mile and km.
minus-squareAatubelinkfedilink0•4 months agoSI also does meter instead of cm, so it overall checks out.
minus-square@lud@lemm.eelinkfedilink7•4 months agoHaving meter as a base unit makes more sense than kg because meter lacks any prefix.
minus-squareAatubelinkfedilink1•4 months agoBut that is like a giant difference in what they usually measure
I’ve always found that strange. I guess a kilogram is a lot closer to “human scale” than a gram, maybe that’s why they picked it.
yeah humans do really need a small, inch and cm, a medium, meter and feet, and a big, mile and km.
SI also does meter instead of cm, so it overall checks out.
Having meter as a base unit makes more sense than kg because meter lacks any prefix.
But that is like a giant difference in what they usually measure