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Anything But Metric

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Americans will use anything but metric

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cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/54014653

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[โ€“] halfdane@piefed.social 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I'm in this picture - waving at you ๐Ÿ‘‹

[โ€“] slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

๐Ÿ™ƒ วส‡ษษฏ สŽษp'ฦƒ

Memes from the Fediverse? That's a good sign.

There and back again, by Bilbo NotMetric

[โ€“] Sumocat@lemmy.world 17 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

The Statue of Liberty is French.

[โ€“] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 hours ago

I'm really hoping that was the commenter's joke because it's great

[โ€“] MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Nah, it's American now, just like pizza, football, and Christianity. If it touches these Purple Mountains Majestyโ„ขยฉยฎ, it belongs to us. Shit, even if it doesn't touch us, but has, like, some cool stuff that we want, then that's our's too. It's our Manifest Destiny.

[โ€“] 6nk06@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

No, we're still bitter about it. Give us back the statue of Liberty, and good old Louisana before that idiot of an emperor sold it to you.

Make France Great Again!

Your new national dish shall be croissants and ratatouille if you don't comply.

You aren't stealing our gumbo from us!

[โ€“] MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

We colonized croissants a looooong time ago, pal! Or have you not heard of Burger King's Le Croissandwich?

[โ€“] 6nk06@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago

You're right, Burger King was always good in France compared to the other fastfood places. I give up.

[โ€“] teft@piefed.social 6 points 8 hours ago

Volume should be fairly easy to calculate. Just flip her over and fill her up with slushee and tell us how many big gulps it took. It's like these math nerds aren't even trying.

[โ€“] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 5 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

The user that made the Hulk Hogan comment is definitely taking the piss, and judging by their url they're from the UK ...

The request was "How about real American units?".

If I remember correctly, 1980s Hulk Hogan's entrance song (and general persona) was "I am a real American".

We can therefore assume that the request for "real American units" referred to units of Hulk Hogans, which I supplied, as requested.

[โ€“] slazer2au@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

Mate, don't let the truth get in the way of a meme. :)