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minus-squarecron@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down3·2 months agoOh please. What’s next? A twelve hour time system with am and pm? Measuring distances in thumbs and other body parts?
minus-squarertxn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down2·2 months agoWorse: measuring temperatures based on what one guy felt was the coldest it could get in the winter and the hottest his fever would reach.
minus-squarecron@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoDon’t be ridiculous, that’s just insane.
minus-squareEmpricorn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoTo be fair, “thumb” was only a unit in determinating what stick we could beat our wives with.
Oh please. What’s next? A twelve hour time system with am and pm? Measuring distances in thumbs and other body parts?
Worse: measuring temperatures based on what one guy felt was the coldest it could get in the winter and the hottest his fever would reach.
Don’t be ridiculous, that’s just insane.
To be fair, “thumb” was only a unit in determinating what stick we could beat our wives with.