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A ton of bollocks, more like (files.catbox.moe)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 100 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

A tonne is 1000kg, any other measurement sounding like it is mental illness

[–] [email protected] 73 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Isn't that just a megagram?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think that’s a Decepticon.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Your thinking of Megatron, a megagramme is an x-ray photograph of breast tissue, in order to screen for breast cancer.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

You're thinking of a mammogram , a maritime is a long-distance running event over a distance of about 42km.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

The British spelling also looks a bit mental to be honest. But I'm sure it's France's fault.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We're talking about a ton, not a tönnnèê

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm just mad kg is the base unit, inconsistent with the rest. The prefixes for mass are all wrong (in my opinion).

Bring back the Grave.

For example then a joule could be G m^2^ s^-2^, no prefixes 🥹 (I dunno what the symbol for Grave would be)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

kilogram isn't a base unit, the gram is

like, look at the word kilogram

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You'd think so, but unfortunately no: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_base_unit

Edit: For example a 1 Joule is kg m^2^ s^-2^