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The most interesting argument I've heard from the dozenal society is that the decimal system is inherently selfish. There is a reason that cases of beer come in
by nonbel 9y ago
The most interesting argument I've heard from the dozenal society is that the decimal system is inherently selfish. There is a reason that cases of beer come in packs of 6, 12, 18, 24, 30 instead of 5, 10, 15, etc. It is much more likely you will be able to divide them equally amongst a group of arbitrary size.
- vole 9y agoIsn't that their entire argument?
- Avshalom 9y agoWell it isn't usually couched in terms of morality.
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- salgernon 9y agoAnd an argument could therefore be made that decimal is more capitalist since it is more likely to result in a franctional remainder. And I would imagine that would end up in the coffers of seller. Personally, I endeavor to cut my pizzas into 60 slices.
- jboles 9y agoThat argument sounds like a stretch. I would’ve thought those unit counts were instead used due to resulting in a convenient, space-efficient rectangular ‘slab’ size when packaged together: 6 pack = 2x3, 12 pack = 3x4, 18 pack = 3x6, and so on.