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Written by Jamie Gaskins on 2025-01-25 at 21:28

"haha Silly Americans! Just use the metric system! It's all just multiples of 10!" said the person who measures time with 60 seconds per minute, 60 minutes per hour, 24 (occasionally 23 or 25) hours per day, 7 days per week, anywhere from 28-31 days per month, 12 months per year, 365 (occasionally 366) days per year…

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Written by Jamie Gaskins on 2025-01-25 at 21:32

I think about this every time I deal with intervals of time. The metric system has no solution for this. Y'all are just as lost as we are.

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Written by Sam Stephenson on 2025-01-25 at 22:00

@jamie I liked this take: https://solarpunk.moe/@TakeV/113873050168636316 (via @exchgr)

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Written by Jamie Gaskins on 2025-01-25 at 22:02

@sstephenson @exchgr lol That's amazing

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Written by Denis Defreyne on 2025-01-25 at 22:35

@jamie Pfff! You say that like every minute is guaranteed to have 60 seconds.

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