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A community for dozenalists has been created! (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A community for people who enjoy using base twelve and prefer it over base ten

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

The proper term for Base-12 is Duodecimal.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

The problem with "duodecimal" is that it's in base ten, which makes it unfitting for a community centered around replacing base ten

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

I hate to break the news to you, but a "dozen" is defined as a "group of 12" which is also a reference to Base-10. You might need to come up with a new word that doesn't reference Base-10. The inherent problem with switching to Base-12 is that we only have 10 fingers. If you switch to Base-12, 90% of the Earths population is going to be too stupid to count to 12. If we weren't wearing shoes, I think people could figure out how to count to 20, but Base-20 would not have as many advantages as Base-12.