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A metric ton would be more accurately called a megagram (Mg).
What Jesse is proposing here is a new prefix of skelegram to be 10,000 grams. That would also mean a skelemeter to be 10,000 m.
I really want skelemeter to be a word.
It rolls off the tongue.
Skelemeter...
An obsolete 10,000 prefix already exits ("myria-") but Jesse's prefix is a bit snappier.
Motion to bring "lakh" to the Westen world.
I think he's proposing a skele-ton which is 0.01 tons, (i.e. 10kg), not a skelegram which is 10,000g. A skele-gram in this case would be 0.01g.
Well a metric tonne is based on a prefix, so a prefix to that is a double prefix. Skelemegagram to suit that situation which is the wrong way to do it.
Sure, but the joke is skele-ton
where's the prefix in "ton"/"tonne"?
No no no no!
Skelegram is my startup that sends skeletons to people to their email address or physical address.
I thought it was a new social media platform focused on pictures of skeletons.
This is my biggest complaint about SI, kg being the base mass unit with a heckin' prefix.
Bring back the grave 🥲