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I'm willing to adopt the metric system, but I want to use alternative base-units to screw with people. By which I mean, something like using rods, but with SI-

• tialaramex 3y ago
  Why rods? Use one of the Natural unit systems, for example, how about one of the systems where c = 1 which makes matter/energy conversions much easier, as now Einstein's equation simplifies to E=m justifying insistence on the same units for measuring how much electricity you used last month and your target "weight" at a doctor's appointment :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_units https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_units
  • Kamq 3y ago
    > Why rods? Because mega-rod and giga-rod sound hilarious to me. Also those units end up with a lot of pretty alien things as their bases, 10e-35 meters isn't super useful for human things. Whereas a rod maps pretty well to "down the hallway a bit", and a half a rod works pretty well for "the other side of the room". meter and foot work well for this as well, but they don't sound nearly as cool, though I would be willing to measure distances in "kilo-feet" just to screw with people. Alternatively a system of esoteric units starting with the meter would also work for what I'm thinking about (say, 12 meters to the dimber, with 60 dimbers to a schlimmel).