Maybe if it becomes widely used, or the only currency used, people will get used to it if they are using it everyday.  Maybe that is giving people too much credit with their math skills?  I am kind of used to what each value means, but who knows.

Nothing has to change on a fundamental level, just the output display of wallets and sites. Most of them offer that option already. I do think Satoshi missed a trick there. It would've been far simpler to do it from minute one. Average human psychology isn't programmed for piles of zeroes at the front.

Basically this, it was discussed about a year ago and lots of people seemed to agree on using the mBTC (milli-bitcoin), or 0.001 BTC. It's sort of been the defacto-standard for a portion of a bitcoin for at least a year now.

That is why the unit for 0.00001 is bits. For 0.001, it is mBTC. It is really simple, you just say "I have 20 mBTC" and people will know what you are saying. No need for a decimal point and a lot of zeros. Anyways, this site: http://youmeandbtc.com/bitcoin-converter/convert-btc-mbtc-bits-satoshis-usd/ is a handy site for converting between the various commonly used units of Bitcoin.

i think that moving to millibits is just a temporal short term name.. its much easier to just drop straight to bits

EG if $1 = 0.0025btc right now.. far easier to just say it is 2500bits that way its a permanent measure..
after all people know that a tonne of gold can exist, they know a tonne of gold is impossible to buy unless your rich. so it makes sense to use smaller measures.

but these days people buy coins measured in grams that are affordable in small handfull amounts and it sounds good you have whole numbers of gold rather than decimals of ounces..
so it makes sense to get use to grams now as its starting to become popular although people are getting confused about the whole gram/ounce conversion.. many would have prefered to have just skipped to grams. that way there would be no transition and confusion at the moment

so it makes sense to skip the millibit to avoid that confusion and just go from 0.0025bitcoin to 2500bits.. for longevity sake

now your just trying to reinvent new names to spark new debate..

satoshi, bits, millibits, bitcoin.. thats all thats needed. but preferably satoshi, bits, bitcoin

lol.. your not thinking of the big picture..

its kind of funny when you read all the posts of people saying the price of bitcoin is going to rise in the next 6 months and not long after its going to go sky high..

then you will see that bits is no longer "too little"

EG
right now 1cent =25bits
in 6 months 1cent=12bits..

give it less than 2 years, 1 cent will be 1bit

so i hope you realise it doesnt take 500 years for bits to become relevant measure.. as its almost here now

so dropping to millibits or dimes or bitpennies is just short term and confusing

oh and by the way.. dimes.. thats the dreaded words of american currency.. europeans asians, and many other countries do not use dimes. so lets try not attaching bitcoin to american trends..

thats what i dont get about doge...
litcoins smallest measure 0.00000001 is called a coblee.. after the inventor of litecoin..

im not sure who invented doge.. but atleast dogecoin can be more creative.. EG 0.00000001=puppie, or pup

Good points... if it's one thing BTC investing is teaching me it is the value of patience and the long-term.

I see, measuring joules in satoshi -  
I understand how alt coins can become dust, hehe but I need to look into those selling high.

It's interesting how everything BTC is volatile now, from the price to the core, to the culture. Slowly it will become solid and finite.

Haha was thinking this too... Dogetoshi at least, c'mon.

Or Scooby Snacks

the best way is to remember them in satoshi directly, so don't say 0.0001 but 10k satoshi, don't say 0.0000035 but 350 satoshi and so on, much easy to remember