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@SmudgeTheInsultCat   @SmudgeTheInsultCat when people complain about the weirdness of kilometers, remind them that “mile” means “thousand,” and was originally a thousand (two-step) paces of a Roman legionnaire. It was the Elizabethan English who redefined it to 8 furlongs, making it five tomatoes. @Cdespinosa @SmudgeTheInsultCat a furlong is about as far as a man can sprint before running out of breath, so to communicate quickly over a mile you need 7 runners this is pure speculation but it's worth it to beat the french   @SmudgeTheInsultCat To convert from miles to kilometers, you can go up to the next Fibonacci number: 5 miles ≈ 8 kilometers, 8 miles ≈ 13 kilometers, etc. @SmudgeTheInsultCat tfw pronouncing tomatoes as to-mah-toes so it doesn't works for me…
@SmudgeTheInsultCat @SmudgeTheInsultCat lol! I snorted for that one! Nice. Speaking of which, did you know that as of this week there are two new SI prefixes? https://www.sciencealert.com/its-official-scientists-confirm-a-new-expanded-scale-of-measurement 🤓 @SmudgeTheInsultCat 1000x multipliers are very nice but another big benefit of the metric system is in converting between fluid and cubic volumes and weights. And calories. |
@SmudgeTheInsultCat took my tired British brain surprisingly long to work out that they were pronouncing it in an American accent 😅
What do they mean, five Tom ar toes???