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by stolsvik 560 days ago
Correct. It is insane. Bonkers. Absurd. How the hell can you live with that-stupid.
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UltraSane 560 days ago
No. It is in fact completely normal and has been repeated many times in human history. A unit based on an arbitrary fraction of the distance from the north pole to the equator is quite a bit more odd when you think about it.
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