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There are a few coincidences in the imperial system that make life easy. That highway driving speed is around 1 mile per minute is a pure coincidence. Most/all
by xcskier56 4y ago
There are a few coincidences in the imperial system that make life easy. That highway driving speed is around 1 mile per minute is a pure coincidence.
Most/all of the other examples you list are pretty useless to me for daily life:
- A mile is closer to 2100 paces for me, a 6’2” guy
- 20min/mile walking is just as useful as 12min/km which is about equivalent speed
- Temps, sure it’s a nice 0-100 witch is symmetric but not much else
- 1/1000th of an inch doesn’t impact my daily life
- height and weight are similar to temperature. A pleasant range that doesn’t make anything in my life easier
- imperial volumetric measurements are actually insane and actively make my life worse. It doesn’t matter that they’re readily divisible by common numbers bc it’s impossible to remember what number to divide by to go between them.