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Makes more sense than the Imperial system (feddit.org)
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[–] BluesF@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think he's proposing a skele-ton which is 0.01 tons, (i.e. 10kg), not a skelegram which is 10,000g. A skele-gram in this case would be 0.01g.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Well a metric tonne is based on a prefix, so a prefix to that is a double prefix. Skelemegagram to suit that situation which is the wrong way to do it.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 days ago

where's the prefix in "ton"/"tonne"?

[–] BluesF@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Sure, but the joke is skele-ton