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Old Apr 08, 2025, 06:17 AM
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Yeah, I know. I’m not going to get one though. I have enough to obsess over without something that measures the pressure I exert on the ground (or whatever I’m supported by).
I was thinking it’s weird some scales use kilograms. Wouldn’t they have to be calibrated differently depending on where on the planet they are placed as gravity isn’t exactly the same at every point in the world? People are the same mass on top of Everest and at the South Pole, but their weight would vary slightly (I don’t know how much, but I know gravity and pressure are different but other than what caloric energy/mass we consume/burn in traveling we’re not going to change in mass, but the forces acted upon us will be different at the two locations).
I do generally think the metric system makes more sense, but pounds makes more sense for weight as a force because it calculates weight and (kilo)grams mass as an amount or quantity which are two different things that just are equivalent given the same conditions, and conditions are similar but not identical across the globe (and of course not a lot of people are weighing themselves at the poles anyway, but Scandinavia and Brazil? I hope they’re calibrating their scales before comparing).

I don’t know. I’ve been up since 2am and just had a good amount of caffeine which seems to be a counterproductive stimulant for me (but a good laxative). I’m in a hospital lobby just waiting to regain feeling in my feet so I can continue walking around aimlesssly until I can get meds.
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