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Makes more sense than the Imperial system (feddit.org)
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[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

A metric ton would be more accurately called a megagram (Mg).

What Jesse is proposing here is a new prefix of skelegram to be 10,000 grams. That would also mean a skelemeter to be 10,000 m.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I really want skelemeter to be a word.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

It rolls off the tongue.

Skelemeter...

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think he's proposing a skele-ton which is 0.01 tons, (i.e. 10kg), not a skelegram which is 10,000g. A skele-gram in this case would be 0.01g.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Well a metric tonne is based on a prefix, so a prefix to that is a double prefix. Skelemegagram to suit that situation which is the wrong way to do it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Sure, but the joke is skele-ton

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

where's the prefix in "ton"/"tonne"?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

An obsolete 10,000 prefix already exits ("myria-") but Jesse's prefix is a bit snappier.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Motion to bring "lakh" to the Westen world.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No no no no!

Skelegram is my startup that sends skeletons to people to their email address or physical address.

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

I thought it was a new social media platform focused on pictures of skeletons.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

This is my biggest complaint about SI, kg being the base mass unit with a heckin' prefix.

Bring back the grave 🥲