YICHM@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agoit's inconvenient that the number of days in a week is a prime number.message-squaremessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down15
arrow-up189arrow-down1message-squareit's inconvenient that the number of days in a week is a prime number.YICHM@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square59linkfedilink
minus-squareSGGeorwell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day agoThe French had 10-day weeks for a while. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_calendar
minus-squareone_old_coder@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 day ago10 hours per day was already pretty stupid, but the name they gave to the months was worse, like Grapemonth, Frostmonth, Rainmonth, Flowermonth, etc.
minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 day agoLucky our existing names aren’t stupid! Imagine if April just meant “Bud-opening-month,” or if the rest were named after gods, or festivals, or emperors, or if they were numbered but the order was all wrong. That would be ridiculous.
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoNot sure on grapes but the other three are pretty easy to match to a season.
The French had 10-day weeks for a while.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_calendar
10 hours per day was already pretty stupid, but the name they gave to the months was worse, like Grapemonth, Frostmonth, Rainmonth, Flowermonth, etc.
Lucky our existing names aren’t stupid! Imagine if April just meant “Bud-opening-month,” or if the rest were named after gods, or festivals, or emperors, or if they were numbered but the order was all wrong. That would be ridiculous.
Not sure on grapes but the other three are pretty easy to match to a season.
Metric Week 💚