▲ 135 ▼ Are metric measurements like decameters and hectometers ever used? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by Snowman44@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 94 comments fedilink hide all child comments I've learned about them in school, but I've never heard anyone say something is 8 decameters long or anything like that. I'm an American.
[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 19 points 2 years ago (2 children) Also: hectopascals. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) To be fair, once all the boomers are gone we’re probably going to go full kPa. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 2 years ago Meh, who knows. The change from millibars was quite a while ago. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago Right, forgot about that one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) To be fair, once all the boomers are gone we’re probably going to go full kPa. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 2 years ago Meh, who knows. The change from millibars was quite a while ago. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 2 years ago Meh, who knows. The change from millibars was quite a while ago. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago Right, forgot about that one. permalink fedilink source parent