I feel that this is what we should be using instead of the current illogical time system.

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    10 months ago

    12? Ew. As someone who relies on my fingers to count I repudiate such discriminatory system!

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      10 months ago

      you can still use your fingers. it’s how we got our standard of time. Back then they counted the joints in our fingers minus thumb. 4 sets of 3 for our four fingers and 3 joints per finger. Then 5 sets of 12 to make 60. as they would use the fingers on the other hand to track how many times they counted to 12.

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        10 months ago

        My favorite system like this is the Oksapmin counting system. They use a base 27 system. It’s based upon counting upper body parts.

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          10 months ago

          The Babylons had a great counting system using the segments of their fingers

          Thought I prefer the binary counting system

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            10 months ago

            So, like, I understand the binary one, I see what you did there and all. But a system where ☝️ means “2” is just wrong.

            Also, what number is the shocker?

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      10 months ago

      You still get to count on your fingers. You use your thumb to count each bone in your 4 fingers to get up to 12. (“10” in the new system). Then you have the option to either continue with your other hand up to 24, or use it as an abacus, keeping your place while you count up to 144 (“100”).