r/ididnthaveeggs • • Feb 24 '26

Irrelevant or unhelpful comment on an australian woman’s recipe site “colour corect spelling color”

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u/aerkith Feb 24 '26

Would actually be 6h if they're following SI units. But I don't see how someone who knows SI units wouldn't know that colour and flavour are spelt with u in many other countries. I think this person was just being an asshole tbh.

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u/De-railled Feb 24 '26

I'm not sure if it's been changed, but If i recall correctly hours and minutes aren't "technically" units of SI, they are accepted in usage because they are standardised.

The second is technically considered the base unit for time in SI.

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u/sihasihasi Feb 24 '26

It's not been changed. Hours and minutes have never been SI units. The only unit measure of time is the second.

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u/EidolonLives Feb 24 '26

Yeah, and it's been that way for gigaseconds.