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[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago
[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 16 points 1 week ago
[-] chuck@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

Ladies want you to last 6 minutes now fuck got go crank a few out so I last

[-] easily3667@lemmus.org 4 points 1 week ago

That's weirdly ignorant but that's ok, everyone can learn something new. ' is shorthand for foot, which was a historical unit used in various forms for several thousand years.

Since 1959, the foot has been an SI-derived unit, being pegged to precisely 0.3048 meters thanks to the Commonwealth of nations, including Canada, agreeing with the united states to set the value as a metric unit as part of both nations' slow but steady moves towards the metric system.

[-] AlDente@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

Now SI units are getting pegged? When's my turn?

[-] easily3667@lemmus.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There's some websites that can set you up but I'm not sure Lemmy is one

Unless you're looking for a more... anonymous style of interaction.

Edit: apparently I'm wrong, several Lemmy users seem to be offering 🍆

[-] twopi@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

' is feet or minute depending on context

" is inches or seconds depending on context

[-] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago

How do you measure things in feet? Everyone's feet are different sizes, that doesn't seem like a reproducible way to make anything.

[-] twopi@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Easy, since Henry the VIII the foot was defined as 12 in. What's an inch you ask? Well an inch is 3 barleycorns placed side by side. Which 3 barleycorns? That doesn't matter it's close enough.

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