• Zerush@lemmy.mlOP
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    6 months ago

    Human scale? Not yours or mines, measures of the ffoot, thumbs and random desires of a dead British King in the far past. No problem in metrics, at least if I don’t build a hut in the wood with an axe, then maybe using parts of the body for measures are usefull. Not the first furniture I made, also working in metal. Also in mathematic and physic the metric system is way better (Even NASA now uses the metric system since 2 probes crashed on Marte due to calculation errors in the imperial system)

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      6 months ago

      Just wait for an American to tell you how it’s easier to use fractions with imperial. I’ve legit seen them say shit like 3/8 of an inch is easier to think about than 9.5mm.

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      6 months ago

      I doubt it had much to do with kings, as they didn’t do handicrafts or have to measure things like grocers/traders do.

      That image is really stupid, too much wrong with it to go thru.