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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 97 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

A tonne is 1000kg, any other measurement sounding like it is mental illness

[–] abominablecosmonaut44@lemmy.world 71 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think that’s a Decepticon.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Your thinking of Megatron, a megagramme is an x-ray photograph of breast tissue, in order to screen for breast cancer.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 5 points 11 months ago

You're thinking of a mammogram , a maritime is a long-distance running event over a distance of about 42km.

[–] aulin@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

The British spelling also looks a bit mental to be honest. But I'm sure it's France's fault.

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We're talking about a ton, not a tönnnèê

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm just mad kg is the base unit, inconsistent with the rest. The prefixes for mass are all wrong (in my opinion).

Bring back the Grave.

For example then a joule could be G m^2^ s^-2^, no prefixes 🥹 (I dunno what the symbol for Grave would be)

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

kilogram isn't a base unit, the gram is

like, look at the word kilogram

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You'd think so, but unfortunately no: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_base_unit

Edit: For example a 1 Joule is kg m^2^ s^-2^