irelephant 🍭@lemm.ee to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoEggs are 10.99 in denver.i.imgur.comimagemessage-square355fedilinkarrow-up1820arrow-down143
arrow-up1777arrow-down1imageEggs are 10.99 in denver.i.imgur.comirelephant 🍭@lemm.ee to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square355fedilink
minus-squareJustas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-27 days agoSimilar in Lithuania but we buy them in packs of 10.
minus-squarePyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 days agoWhat a sensible, decimal system!
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoDuodecimal is objectively better and that’s why commoners used it.
minus-squareTheEighthDoctor@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoThat’s because the commoners had 6 fingers in each hand
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoWell they could count 6 knuckles on each hand, with one hand representing the dozens place.
minus-squareSpaceCowboylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoIt’s more due to the fact that 12 can be divided evenly by 2,3,4,6, and 12. If a single person couldn’t afford a dozen they could split it among other people.
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoDivision is the key but affordability wasn’t why. Everything agricultural was counted by the dozen, gross, and great gross.
Similar in Lithuania but we buy them in packs of 10.
What a sensible, decimal system!
Duodecimal is objectively better and that’s why commoners used it.
That’s because the commoners had 6 fingers in each hand
Well they could count 6 knuckles on each hand, with one hand representing the dozens place.
It’s more due to the fact that 12 can be divided evenly by 2,3,4,6, and 12. If a single person couldn’t afford a dozen they could split it among other people.
Division is the key but affordability wasn’t why. Everything agricultural was counted by the dozen, gross, and great gross.