Actual poster from 1917 that made me laugh. A lot.

Also, those motherfuckers are measuring the weight of those balls in kilograms, aren’t they?

  • bluewing@lemm.ee
    1·
    3 months ago

    Millimeter are not practical for measuring long distances either. And measuring the length of a piece of lumber isn’t a “long distance” either

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPM
      1·
      3 months ago

      That is why kilometers are used for long distances in metric. I’m really not sure why you don’t know about how people measure long distances.

      • bluewing@lemm.ee
        1·
        3 months ago

        I do and perhaps more than you. I don’t know why you brought your point about inches and scale when I had already pointed out that those who think it’s such a “gotcha” argument are wrong and why.

        Again, use the measurement system and units best suited to the task at hand. And never forget, every measurement system is just a bunch of made up units by some random dude and then modified by some other random dudes at random times.