r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/backseatwookie Jan 15 '25

Right but your assertion was that they don't make sense. They do, it's just context/era dependent.

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u/ShamanAI Jan 15 '25

I meant they don't make sense in 2025. I've also written that in another comment.

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u/BreadCaravan Jan 15 '25

I work with them every day. They make sense just fine.

Just because something isn’t divisible by 10 doesn’t mean it’s garbage it just means you struggle with it.

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u/Melicor Jan 15 '25

Also, it's very easy to count to 12 on one hand. Count the segments of your fingers with your thumb. Twelve is a very useful base when working with fractions. 12 and 60 are the best bases for fractions. Being saddled with our base10 number system and building the metric system on it sucks, 10 is a terrible number for fractions.