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My favorite past time: Using metric prefixes in socially questionable circumstances.
How many peoplewere at the rally? Oh about 3 kilopeople.
How much money do you have on you? 1 kilodollar
How old are you? 3.5 decayears old
@jeff Its the best mistake we got.
@jeff Temperature Is one area i really dont care what system you use. We dont really use metric prefixes for it so there isnt much to convert. All systems for temperature make just as much sense as the next really.
@freemo but but but … decade already *has* a metric prefix …
@codesections My version is more metricy :)
@freemo Oh wow. xD. I will repeat this somewhere where I can. Someone might sort of be amused by it.
@MOTT I always get a giggle and a weird look :)
@freemo on the opposite end: a bus ticket costs 0.0017 grands, you're 0.035 millennia, and the rallye had 6 cohorts.
@bigkafka lol true :)
@freemo "kilobucks" is actually quite popular in Russian slang to refer to thousand dollar amounts
@sandfox I love it!
@freemo k$ and kkc (Kč = Koruna česká, my local currency) is used pretty often by me and my fellows...
@freemo Do people show any reaction at all? I think this would be a very good way to gauge if people are good listeners at all..... 😉
Please, for the love of all things you hold dear, do NOT try this with your wife/husband/partner!
@illandan I usually get a weird look then after a second or two a giggle
@freemo SI prefixes blow people's minds. I've tried using "megametre" instead of "1000 kilometres" and it always causes a stop-the-conversation-WTF-was-that moment with my interlocutors. :)
