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[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] 4lan@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Lol is it?

Think of all the different numbers you have to divide different units in our system by to convert.

numbers are base 10 for every single society on earth. Metric units always scale by 10. It's literally perfect for how we interpret numbers

*every single western society