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Anything But Metric

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Americans will use anything but metric

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[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The very first measurement is metric, though...

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I feel they sorta did it more of as a tongue in cheek type of thing.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Whoa, that's only a little over two bald eagle eggs.

[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 2 points 1 month ago

Probably has the audio quality of two small cheeseburgers strapped to your ears, that's why they chose this SI unit.

[–] Psaldorn@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Two small cheeseburgers? Like the tiny sliders? because I don't think I'd consider one McDonald's cheeseburger as light let alone 2.

Maybe my glorious mouse has me spoiled though.

[–] Blass_Rose@pawb.social 1 points 3 days ago

That's what I was thinking. The jellybeans don't seem light, either. Maybe they should've left off those units?