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#American pride means not letting any silly Europeans tell you that (average) hot dog (length) per (average) elephant fart (duration) isn't a valid unit of speed.

#satire #CanWeJustMetricAlready #ImperialMeasurementsAreAsDumbAsImperialismItself

#HashtagPoet

kabel42

@kabel42@polymaths.social replied · 4 days ago

@rl_dane everything is valid, some units are just more convenient, like attoparsec/microfortnight :)

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@rl_dane@polymaths.social replied · 4 days ago

@kabel42

Hmmm...

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=1+attoparsec+per+microfortnight

1 attoparsec per microfortnight - Wolfram|Alpha

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kabel42

@kabel42@polymaths.social replied · 4 days ago

@rl_dane it even has US units: ≈ 9.3 × speed of the fastest garden snail :)

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@rl_dane@polymaths.social replied · 4 days ago

@kabel42

Yeah, I seriously love Wolfram Alpha. XD

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