irelephant 🍭@lemm.ee to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoEggs are 10.99 in denver.i.imgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square353fedilinkarrow-up1811arrow-down143
arrow-up1768arrow-down1external-linkEggs are 10.99 in denver.i.imgur.comirelephant 🍭@lemm.ee to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square353fedilink
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days agoDuodecimal is objectively better and that’s why commoners used it.
minus-squareTheEighthDoctor@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoThat’s because the commoners had 6 fingers in each hand
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoWell they could count 6 knuckles on each hand, with one hand representing the dozens place.
minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 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-up1·7 days agoDivision is the key but affordability wasn’t why. Everything agricultural was counted by the dozen, gross, and great gross.
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.