while it could reasonably be assumed that the prefix baby- would simply be in place of micro- (10^-6) in the SI unit prefixes, we find it so much cuter to assume it follows in the order of top to bottom being divisions of ten (i.e. 10^-4).

this way those of us who inject estrogen can specify like 8 babyliters of estradiol or the like, much more appetizing than 0.8 milliliters which feels WAY too overly serious.

babybel were created in france, and the lowercase b is not used much by anything in isolation (uppercase B is, by the bel!) so the SI really has no excuses for not making this a part of the standard. thank you for your contributions maria ⌃w⌃

Back then when I was in school this poster hang on a wall in the chemistry lab.

Oh yeah?

I love unit-based jokes… gotta be one of my favorite joke categories. Thank you for your contributions to the space!

Shouldn’t the last be “microbel?”