Difference between revisions of "Obscure Measurements"
(Created page with "thumb|right|200px|Russians have three arms. I have always loved '''Obscure Measurements.''' Humans have, for thousands of years, found ways to measure things because we have this psychotic desire to assess, appraise, size up, codify, evaluate, analyze, inspect, describe, interpret, scrutinize, probe, valuate, survey, determin, rate, allot, quote, compensate, calculate, judge, and gauge the things around us. Similar to "Rule 34," if there is a t...") |
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Similar to "Rule 34," if there is a thing, we have ways of making up some word to meassure it. Once we have the word, the measurer dudes get busy... So yes, I said we are psychotic about it, and it is true... We even have ten thousand words for '''"Measurement." It's what we do. | Similar to "Rule 34," if there is a thing, we have ways of making up some word to meassure it. Once we have the word, the measurer dudes get busy... So yes, I said we are psychotic about it, and it is true... We even have ten thousand words for '''"Measurement."''' It's what we do. | ||
==notes== | |||
https://www.pingdom.com/blog/strange-funny-and-baffling-units-for-measuring-almost-anything/ | |||
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_units_of_measurement | |||
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/50608/36-unusual-units-measurement | |||
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_obsolete_units_of_measurement | |||
https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/what-are-some-weird-and-obscure-units-of-measurement.html | |||
Latest revision as of 00:48, 29 February 2024
I have always loved Obscure Measurements. Humans have, for thousands of years, found ways to measure things because we have this psychotic desire to assess, appraise, size up, codify, evaluate, analyze, inspect, describe, interpret, scrutinize, probe, valuate, survey, determin, rate, allot, quote, compensate, calculate, judge, and gauge the things around us.
Similar to "Rule 34," if there is a thing, we have ways of making up some word to meassure it. Once we have the word, the measurer dudes get busy... So yes, I said we are psychotic about it, and it is true... We even have ten thousand words for "Measurement." It's what we do.
notes
https://www.pingdom.com/blog/strange-funny-and-baffling-units-for-measuring-almost-anything/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_units_of_measurement
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/50608/36-unusual-units-measurement
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_obsolete_units_of_measurement
https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/what-are-some-weird-and-obscure-units-of-measurement.html