this post was submitted on 10 Aug 2024
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Having a second that is not in line with the definition of the second, which if the most metric thing, is an abomination.
It's close enough that counting Mississippis is still roughly accurate.
(for non-US people, we sometimes estimate seconds by counting 1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi, 3 Mississippi... just because it's a long word that takes about the right amount of time to say)
We do it with crocodiles but maths checks out.
Australia?