Devine Lu LinvegaApr 20

We've had this long furling tape from Japan for the longest time, for years!! thinking it was in inches. Causing us lots of mistakes and fuck ups, the whole time we thought it was our own miscalculations, that we must have messed up in converting it to metric or something.

1) The unit on the tape is in tenth of a foot.
2) That's almost exactly 3cm, BUT NOT QUITE.
3) The ruler says FEET, but then breaks it down in 3cm segments each divided in tenth of a tenth of foot.

WHAT THE FUCK RULER

Show threadEnys (Yao)Apr 20
@neauoire shaku-sun-bu approximator based on international feet, I guess? unless zhat's slightly off and actually 0.9942x ze measurement on your tri-blade ruler, which'd mean it's literally just shaku-sun-bu
Show threadDevine Lu LinvegaApr 20
@yaodema it's a german triblade, so I think that's probably actual feet. If not, our measurements have been fucked on meta levels.
Show threadEnys (Yao)Apr 20
@neauoire oh I mean your tri-blade being *actual feet* and zhis weird ruler being off by a tiny amount you can't see wizhout calipers, here. shaku are defined as 30.3cm to a foot's 30.48, after all
Show threadcerementApr 20

@yaodema @neauoire

agreed, tape being from Japan and those lengths, almost definitely shaku-sun-bu

1 shaku = 0.303 m
1 shaku = 0.9942 ft = 11.9 in
1 shaku = 10 sun
1 sun = 1.193 in

(Japanese renovation videos, main unit is nominally 91 cm (3 shaku))

Show threadDavidM_yegApr 21

@cerement

That’s fascinating, but don’t leave me hanging: how long is a bu?

@neauoire @yaodema

Show threadcerement

@DavidM_yeg @neauoire @yaodema

1 shaku = 10 sun = 100 bu

Apr 21 at 3:21amWeb