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A Different Way of Measuring Time: Metric Time (metric-time.com)
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You can read more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_time

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[-] Roopappy@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

It's close enough that counting Mississippis is still roughly accurate.

(for non-US people, we sometimes estimate seconds by counting 1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi, 3 Mississippi... just because it's a long word that takes about the right amount of time to say)

[-] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago

Your departure form US defaultism is celebrated here, dear person.

[-] Roopappy@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

I didn't want anyone to think I'm actually from that shithole state, Mississippi.

[-] ndupont@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

We do it with crocodiles but maths checks out.

[-] Roopappy@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Australia?

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