irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoEggs are 10.99 in denver.i.imgur.comimagemessage-square350fedilinkarrow-up1820arrow-down143
arrow-up1777arrow-down1imageEggs are 10.99 in denver.i.imgur.comirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square350fedilink
minus-squareJustas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-23 months agoSimilar in Lithuania but we buy them in packs of 10.
minus-squarePyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoWhat a sensible, decimal system!
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoDuodecimal is objectively better and that’s why commoners used it.
minus-squareTheEighthDoctor@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThat’s because the commoners had 6 fingers in each hand
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoWell they could count 6 knuckles on each hand, with one hand representing the dozens place.
minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months 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-up1·3 months 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.