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[-] seraphine 19 points 2 days ago

americans be using anything but the metric system

[-] kalpol@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago
[-] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 days ago

But they're the sort of British that yearns for the good old days, when we still had shillings and inches and diphtheria and jumpers for goalposts and no womens' rights and all that great British stuff.

[-] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

British people old enough to have supported the original nazis be using anything but the metric system

[-] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Its time to retire the metric system in favor of something base 12. Base 10 is for children who need to count on their fingers, base 12 is easier to divide into quarters or thirds. Babylon was right.

[-] buttnugget@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Americans be using metric all our lives.

[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah, we measure our soda in liters all the time, but only the 2 litre bottles. Other sizes are in ounces, and milk is in gallons and sometimes pints.

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

Let's not go there. T'is a silly place.

[-] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

I was thinking this must be metric because only Europeans with their noses firmly in the air would get it.

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