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~~jwb~~ · 03-14-2020, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

It'd be more logical if it was all based on sets of 16 imo.

you mean like hexadecimal?

I just mean less arbitrary numbers to remember like 12 inches in a foot, 3 feet in a yard etc

**Frownland** · 03-14-2020, 07:52 AM

They're equally arbitrary as I laid out in my original post.

DwnWthVwls · 03-14-2020, 08:10 AM

https://www.quora.com/Why-do-people-...ally-arbitrary

~~jwb~~ · 03-14-2020, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

They're equally arbitrary as I laid out in my original post.

It's a difference of having multiple arbitrary values to memorize instead of just 1.

**Frownland** · 03-14-2020, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by jwb

It's a difference of having multiple arbitrary values to memorize instead of just 1.

One is bad because it has three letters. Give me three, four, five, whatever.

I also addressed this in my original post

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Originally Posted by Frownland

The imperial system is just as logical and useful as the metric system and the metric system is just as arbitrary as the imperial system. Neither of those things actually matter once a communicative standard has been established and anyone who argues otherwise is a Nazi culture whore incapable of applying their knowledge beyond regurgitation.

~~jwb~~ · 03-14-2020, 12:08 PM

1 is easier to remember and conversions are easier to do. Which makes it seem more logical. You just have too much free time.

**Frownland** · 03-14-2020, 12:12 PM

Being a culture whore is kinda like being one of them dang groupthinkers.

~~jwb~~ · 03-14-2020, 12:16 PM

I misread which is why I edited.

But I would say you're being contrarian for the sake of it.

**Frownland** · 03-14-2020, 12:25 PM

Nazi culture whores tend to think that those who disagree with them are just faking it, so I get it.

~~jwb~~ · 03-14-2020, 12:32 PM

Seems like you want to seem smart but it's not working

03-14-2020, 07:52 AM	#1592 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	They're equally arbitrary as I laid out in my original post. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

03-14-2020, 12:12 PM	#1597 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Being a culture whore is kinda like being one of them dang groupthinkers. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

03-14-2020, 12:25 PM	#1599 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Nazi culture whores tend to think that those who disagree with them are just faking it, so I get it. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

03-14-2020, 12:08 PM	#1596 (permalink)
~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	1 is easier to remember and conversions are easier to do. Which makes it seem more logical. You just have too much free time.

03-14-2020, 12:16 PM	#1598 (permalink)
~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	I misread which is why I edited. But I would say you're being contrarian for the sake of it.

03-14-2020, 12:32 PM	#1600 (permalink)
~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	Seems like you want to seem smart but it's not working