@joel_feila@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 10 months agowhy don't people say mega metersmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1167arrow-down1message-squarewhy don't people say mega meters@joel_feila@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 10 months agomessage-square75fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTurunlinkfedilink5•10 months agoTo be fair, mass is weird because the base unit is kg (yes, the name includes a prefactor). I have no idea how they managed to fuck it up that badly.
minus-squareBarqsHasBitelinkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoApparently they were going to use gram for what we now call kg, but decided to make it kg. I expect it’s because we used grams so much for food.
To be fair, mass is weird because the base unit is kg (yes, the name includes a prefactor). I have no idea how they managed to fuck it up that badly.
Apparently they were going to use gram for what we now call kg, but decided to make it kg. I expect it’s because we used grams so much for food.