Metric boys on life support!
Discussion
Well we just look into our past for a moment 😂
"a stone's throw away?
for Czech folk culture, however, the length measurements used in the 17th - 19th centuries, i.e. the so-called Czech and Olomouc or Vienna metrological systems, are of the greatest importance. These were: the comma (0.002 m), inch (0.025 m), foot (0.296 m), cubit (which had 24 inches, 0.5914 m), fathom (3 cubits, 1.774 m), latro (4 cubits, 2.366 m), rod (2 cloths, 4.731 m), rope (52 cubits, 30.753 m) and mile (365 ropes, 11,224.772 m)."
I prefer this as it's all physically relatable.
It is not X distance light travels in a vacuum.
Hate to say it, but Metric is actually quite reality based. One milliliter of water is one gram, one liter of water is one kilogram... 0*C is freezing and 100*C is boiling. 1000m in a km, but how many feet or yards in a mile?
Yes, but... 0*F is cold and 100*F is hot. 100*C means you're dead.
Sure. It's logical but only useful for a society that doesn't regularly trade or build things by hand. Base 10 is exceptionally frustrating for trying to evenly divide things into thirds. Base12 is much better for most things that one needs to do on a regular basis.
IMO.