American here, meters are tools for measuring things! Voltmeter measure volts, speedometers measure speed, etc.
Makes me nervous when I'm walking around, because every step I take my phone's pedometer detects another one :'(
this post was submitted on 13 May 2026
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We need to sexualise the metric system.
First time ive ever used this template without needing to change the country
Nicely done OP
The US fought, and apparently won, an entire war, to get out from under the heel of the boot which they insist on continuing to measure things against.
Every time I see one of these posts:
In a row?
You did a good
Please don't try to make imperial system look cool
It's rare that one of these makes the American side more appealing. You're shooting yourself in the...well, you know.
Why the hell would I shoot myself in the meter?
Literally the one time i'm not ashamed to be an American. I'm actually really sad about it.
Measure me mommy.
Measure me please 🥺
I am not an American, but I want to get measured.
Are paws okay? 🐾
Only puppy paws. No cats allowed. Damn claws keep ruining the furniture.
Join us, we're lonely.
Incidentally I don't know how many feet I measure
He was literally 20 hamburgers tall.
Meter? I hardly know 'er!
It looks like the people on top have a giant calf and foot for legs and feet. And one of them the foot is backwards.
I was going to say the same thing.
What?
I can’t explain my insanity.
Two left feet, wonder what kinda measuring system that is.
The foot on the fact is a right foot though?
Those are definitely not two left feet. That is a left and a right foot.
Damn, now I'm wondering in which country a person is measured with knives or firearms?
God, I love feet.
length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299792458 of a second will always be superior to some stinky foot. Or an inch. Or a football field (Hand-egg one?)
But why not 1/300000000 of a second?
You can use yard. It's 0.914 meter so close enough. If they ask how many feet and inch that is, that's an imperial problem.
1 metre = 10 decimetres = 100 centimetres = 0,001 kilometres. Not sure how you calculate but this could be the point
False, Europeans measure in metres
Or mètre, metro, mittari, metr, Meter, måler, méadar, metroa, metritis, metar
How many dead horses
There’s a whole com for this stuff.
A baker's dozens worth