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This is a link post Cursed Units (mainly SI, not that funny imperial stuff)
I went down a rabbit hole and after wracking my wine-addled brain with some cunning geometry problems (50%, since you asked) I came across this....

Beautiful in its presentation and content, and even citing XKCD, ... what's not to like?
(I helped save b3ta! Boot I want to know what you meant, Sat 20 Apr 2024, 1:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post Dimensional analysis really is very interesting.
But I don't understand what his problem with kilowatt-hours is.
 (I helped save b3ta! jonbob loves you, Sat 20 Apr 2024, 2:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post Me neither
As a billing unit it makes perfect sense, for electricity anyway. Gas bills? Probably less so, but it does allow a meaningful comparison between them.

Sure it eventually cancels down to Joules, but that’s not an intuitively understandable unit.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Sat 20 Apr 2024, 8:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post Surely it's better than BTU though!
I was very happy when they swapped to kWh for precisely the reason you said - you could directly get a feel for the relative costs, although for heating purposes it can be misleading if you don't account for boiler efficiency etc.
 (I helped save b3ta! tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Sat 20 Apr 2024, 18:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post yeah I started getting lost during kWh then
gave up during the gravity bit. I R not sciencey.
 (sticklebricks it's you daddy!, Sat 20 Apr 2024, 11:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post I liked this a lot
Not sure exactly how much though, or in what unit.
 (I helped save b3ta! Mex3 =mememe, Sat 20 Apr 2024, 23:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post me^3, no?

(I helped save b3ta! jonbob loves you, Sat 20 Apr 2024, 23:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post me×3≠me³

(I helped save b3ta! Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Sun 21 Apr 2024, 17:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post I know.
But mex3 != mememe either.
 (I helped save b3ta! jonbob loves you, Sun 21 Apr 2024, 17:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post Mathematically speaking, that's correct.
But a lot of programming languages allow mathematical operations on strings, and that would be the correct result.
 (I helped save b3ta! Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Sun 21 Apr 2024, 18:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post To each his own.
But Christ that sounds worse than syntactically significant white space.
 (I helped save b3ta! jonbob loves you, Sun 21 Apr 2024, 19:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post If you measure horsepower per degree of rotation per litre for each degree farenheit, and then refactor by cancelling all the units you get half a horse, usually the rear

(I helped save b3ta! cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sun 21 Apr 2024, 12:41, , Reply)