Bob@midwest.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoEveryday, as an Americanmidwest.socialimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoI think we were the first with metric money? We still pay for things in centidollars.
minus-squareAux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoWhy do Americans call the decimal system “metric”?
minus-squarebitwaba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoBecause that’s it’s name https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system But if you wanna get all specific about it we can call it SI https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units It’s certainly not the Decimal system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal
minus-squareAux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoThere’s no such thing as metric money. What are you talking about?
minus-square𝔄 𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔭𝔦𝔢𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔢𝔰𝔢@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoMy Megadollar says otherwise.
I think we were the first with metric money? We still pay for things in centidollars.
Why do Americans call the decimal system “metric”?
Because that’s it’s name
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system
But if you wanna get all specific about it we can call it SI
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units
It’s certainly not the Decimal system
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal
There’s no such thing as metric money. What are you talking about?
My Megadollar says otherwise.