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[-] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 month ago

imagine kilomile per hour, would americans understand? it'd just be 1 space moved in the current title

[-] Rekall_Incorporated@lemm.ee 18 points 1 month ago

I lived in North America for ~10 years, the whole time I still converted miles / pounds / fahrenheit into real units in my head.

To this day, feet/yards etc. sounds like made up measures to me.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 26 points 1 month ago

All measures are made up

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