Comment on why don't people say mega meters

• bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  But only in regards of nuclear bombs. Maybe it’s because of the scientific origins of these fields. Probably the same reasons why Americans measure firearm munition in mm.

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  • ninja@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And 7.62 is just .30 caliber rebranded

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    • joel_feila@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      and the old gauge system for shotguns.

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    • RandomStickman@kbin.run ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Now get ready for the 7mm-08

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    • cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ve only recently gotten my foid card and am learning to shoot and that shit confuses me so much.

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  • David_Eight@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But only in regards of nuclear bombs.

    And your mom (⁠⌐⁠■⁠-⁠■⁠)

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  • joel_feila@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    we do list volcanic eruptions in megatons of TNT. The makers of the first a bomb pick it since the largest explosion ever made by then was a ship full explosives and some had calculated how many tons of TNT that ship was carrying

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• anguo@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Instead of teragrams.

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