▲ 1075 ▼ America (lemmy.ml) submitted 4 months ago by InterestingUsername@lemmy.ml to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 197 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Gaja0@lemmy.zip 13 points 4 months ago (2 children) There are two comments here: I can count to 24 I get confused by 12PM The real crime is dividing the day into 24h, 60m per hour, 60s per min. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 4 months ago (1 child) A LOT of western measurement was base 12, the only reason people are so used to base 10 is because that's how many fingers most people have. Base 12 is really useful however, it is uniquely divisible and 60 as 5*12 is even more so. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wieson@feddit.org 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) I don't know why western, cause we got that from the Babylonians permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago (1 child) Maybe it's because of my understanding of history but I'd consider Iraq to be Western. It was more or less linked in with Europe going back to the bronze age much like how North Africa was. Frankly speaking the only reason it is usually separated is because of the great Schism and then the crusades which caused much of Europe to consider it as other. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wieson@feddit.org 3 points 4 months ago That's fair permalink fedilink source parent [–] darklamer@feddit.org 6 points 4 months ago I get confused by 12PM Everyone gets confused by that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-hour_clock#Confusion_at_noon_and_midnight permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 4 months ago (1 child) A LOT of western measurement was base 12, the only reason people are so used to base 10 is because that's how many fingers most people have. Base 12 is really useful however, it is uniquely divisible and 60 as 5*12 is even more so. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wieson@feddit.org 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) I don't know why western, cause we got that from the Babylonians permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago (1 child) Maybe it's because of my understanding of history but I'd consider Iraq to be Western. It was more or less linked in with Europe going back to the bronze age much like how North Africa was. Frankly speaking the only reason it is usually separated is because of the great Schism and then the crusades which caused much of Europe to consider it as other. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wieson@feddit.org 3 points 4 months ago That's fair permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wieson@feddit.org 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) I don't know why western, cause we got that from the Babylonians permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago (1 child) Maybe it's because of my understanding of history but I'd consider Iraq to be Western. It was more or less linked in with Europe going back to the bronze age much like how North Africa was. Frankly speaking the only reason it is usually separated is because of the great Schism and then the crusades which caused much of Europe to consider it as other. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wieson@feddit.org 3 points 4 months ago That's fair permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago (1 child) Maybe it's because of my understanding of history but I'd consider Iraq to be Western. It was more or less linked in with Europe going back to the bronze age much like how North Africa was. Frankly speaking the only reason it is usually separated is because of the great Schism and then the crusades which caused much of Europe to consider it as other. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wieson@feddit.org 3 points 4 months ago That's fair permalink fedilink source parent
[–] darklamer@feddit.org 6 points 4 months ago I get confused by 12PM Everyone gets confused by that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-hour_clock#Confusion_at_noon_and_midnight permalink fedilink source parent
