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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

centikilogram? thats double prefix

[–] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 10 points 2 weeks ago

Centiton, which is very funny.

This is the most in character dialogue I've seen in this meme

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Centikilogram is 10^-2 x10^3 = 10 grams, a skeleton is 10Kg though, they meant that a skeleton aka centi-ton is 10kg, which is a 1DKg, D meaning 10 and K meaning 10^3 of course. Scalling units can multiply with each other since they are just numbers in disguise.