irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 个月前Eggs are 10.99 in denver.i.imgur.comimagemessage-square354fedilinkarrow-up1821arrow-down143
arrow-up1778arrow-down1imageEggs are 10.99 in denver.i.imgur.comirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 个月前message-square354fedilink
minus-squareJustas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-21 个月前Similar in Lithuania but we buy them in packs of 10.
minus-squarePyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 个月前What a sensible, decimal system!
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 个月前Duodecimal is objectively better and that’s why commoners used it.
minus-squareTheEighthDoctor@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 个月前That’s because the commoners had 6 fingers in each hand
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 个月前Well they could count 6 knuckles on each hand, with one hand representing the dozens place.
minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 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-up1·1 个月前Division is the key but affordability wasn’t why. Everything agricultural was counted by the dozen, gross, and great gross.
Similar in Lithuania but we buy them in packs of 10.
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.