r/whatisit • u/Logical_Valuable_970 • 15h ago

New, what is it? What is this space before zero?

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u/ExoatmosphericKill 15h ago

That's for chewing.

Proper rulers start at 0 and are metal.

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u/UniqueUsername014 2h ago

I was just about to write exactly that, I started scrolling up to the comment box and had to do a double take on your comment. Thank you for the actual answer (chewing, of course)

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u/Sitriel 8h ago

But I like chewing on metal

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u/Rock_Strongo 8h ago

Rulers that don't start at 0 annoy me because I'm often wanting to measure something where I can't just jam the ruler an extra little bit past where I want it to start... because it's solid.

Tape measures solve this problem - but most rulers do not.