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Anything But Metric
Americans will use anything but metric
The Rules:
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Posts must be a screenshot, crosspost, or link to someone using a bizarre unit of measurement (33 lanes wide, as heavy as 10 semi-trucks, etc.)
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Standard units are not allowed, unless it's a sufficiently bizarre usage of the unit (this is up to mod discretion.)
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Intentionally terrible units are completely fine! Satire is welcome here
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Curses are fine, slurs are not. If there are slurs in something you want to post, please blur them, or reconsider posting.
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Flag NSFW content as such. NSFW words in these posts don't need to be censored.
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Post titles should be just the unit of measurement used (not the thing being measured!), and should be the full name of the unit (Apples and Bags of Apples imply very different things!) NSFW units should be partially censored. If there are multiple units, list as many as you want. If the source is satire, the title should start with [Satire]
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In the comments be civil, both to each other AND the subject of posts.
Mod Policy:
- All removes and bans will have a reason provided, and locked threads will have a stickied comment explaining the lock.
- Currently, this is just policy. If more mods join, these will become rules for mods. (Can't exactly punish myself, can I?)
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Memes from the Fediverse? That's a good sign.
There and back again, by Bilbo NotMetric
The Statue of Liberty is French.
I'm really hoping that was the commenter's joke because it's great
Nah, it's American now, just like pizza, football, and Christianity. If it touches these Purple Mountains Majestyโขยฉยฎ, 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.
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!
We colonized croissants a looooong time ago, pal! Or have you not heard of Burger King's Le Croissandwich?
You're right, Burger King was always good in France compared to the other fastfood places. I give up.
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.
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.
Mate, don't let the truth get in the way of a meme. :)