irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 个月前Eggs are 10.99 in denver.i.imgur.comimagemessage-square349linkfedilinkarrow-up1812arrow-down143
arrow-up1769arrow-down1imageEggs are 10.99 in denver.i.imgur.comirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 个月前message-square349linkfedilink
minus-squarePyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 个月前What a sensible, decimal system!
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 个月前Duodecimal is objectively better and that’s why commoners used it.
minus-squareTheEighthDoctor@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 个月前That’s because the commoners had 6 fingers in each hand
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 个月前Well they could count 6 knuckles on each hand, with one hand representing the dozens place.
minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 个月前It’s more due to the fact that 12 can be divided evenly by 2,3,4,6, and 12. If a single person couldn’t afford a dozen they could split it among other people.
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 个月前Division is the key but affordability wasn’t why. Everything agricultural was counted by the dozen, gross, and great gross.
What a sensible, decimal system!
Duodecimal is objectively better and that’s why commoners used it.
That’s because the commoners had 6 fingers in each hand
Well they could count 6 knuckles on each hand, with one hand representing the dozens place.
It’s more due to the fact that 12 can be divided evenly by 2,3,4,6, and 12. If a single person couldn’t afford a dozen they could split it among other people.
Division is the key but affordability wasn’t why. Everything agricultural was counted by the dozen, gross, and great gross.