Post AVFoA2W8qcESdeR6wK by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
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(DIR) Post #AVDyj09GG3q4eU7kdk by saramg@fosstodon.org
2023-05-01T22:08:28Z
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Y'all, America desperately needs to embrace the metric system.Fer reals.
(DIR) Post #AVDzSpZ1wVWZ971wjg by mansr@society.oftrolls.com
2023-05-01T22:17:50Z
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@saramg A Florida ounce is to a regular ounce as a Florida man is to a regular man.
(DIR) Post #AVFKKyKDmGQWCH9p3o by jimgoodall@mstdn.ca
2023-05-02T00:25:30Z
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@saramg There are only three countries in the entire world NOT using metric.LiberiaMyanmarUnited StatesAmerica is in good company.
(DIR) Post #AVFKKyzLJNJuFoOf9k by vwbusguy@mastodon.online
2023-05-02T01:38:52Z
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@jimgoodall @saramg When the English and Aussies weigh themselves in "stone", which metric system are they using?
(DIR) Post #AVFKKzi0dJ36ULIKmG by jimgoodall@mstdn.ca
2023-05-02T01:50:23Z
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@vwbusguy @saramg Stone predates metric.I'm Canadian and use both imperial and metric, because I'm old enough.Try being in Canada and measuring distances in hours driven.Construction measurements are metric, but when you measure yourself, it's feet and inches.Shipping weight is metric, but a person's weight is pounds.Weather temperature is Celcius, but normal body temperature is 98.6 degrees.It's a bizarre mix.
(DIR) Post #AVFKL0NU96E4YyhSQS by jfred@jawns.club
2023-05-02T13:35:41Z
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@jimgoodall @vwbusguy @saramg> Try being in Canada and measuring distances in hours driven.We do that one in the US too
(DIR) Post #AVFKL17vMRNAt0QXoG by feld@bikeshed.party
2023-05-02T13:45:58.572159Z
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Sometimes 10 miles takes 8 minutes, sometimes it takes 90. Just depends on the traffic.
(DIR) Post #AVFMS3GfzxVpSj0FLU by vwbusguy@mastodon.online
2023-05-02T14:07:39Z
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@feld @saramg @jfred @jimgoodall Where I grew up, we'd give both, like "they're got 20 minutes away, about 5 mile how the crow flies"(Country roads often don't take you straight to where you want to go)
(DIR) Post #AVFMS3ujb1YTSxkEme by feld@bikeshed.party
2023-05-02T14:09:45.456278Z
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Yep, winding gravel roads... in winter... better pad the estimate quite a bit 🥶
(DIR) Post #AVFlLd4yx4bzM9ZEsy by billyjoebowers@mastodon.online
2023-05-02T07:31:46Z
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@saramg I'm still mad we quit switching to metric. I was working with a guy in Canada and he was sort of complaining about it being confusing because they switched when he was a kid in the 70s, and I told him we were doing it too until jackasses stopped it. Apparently he never heard that.I drive on the only metric highway in the U.S. every day.
(DIR) Post #AVFlUy8u0amNHyr2si by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2023-05-02T18:50:20.073283Z
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@jimgoodall @vwbusguy @saramgHow to measure things like a Canadian.png
(DIR) Post #AVFlq0iRdW1XLpVqK0 by seanking@kazv.moe
2023-05-02T18:54:35.352763Z
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@saramg It'll probably take a long ass while to get used to it. But I wish we did too. I know my local public university's hospital uses it if I recall correctly. Also, I hate how converting US customary units to standard metrics is a pain in the ass to do.
(DIR) Post #AVFn9fnTDpOEDZnqZk by saramg@fosstodon.org
2023-05-02T19:07:45Z
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@lanodan @vwbusguy @jimgoodall This is actually, shockingly close to my flowchart. Though I've erased Fahrenheit from my world with the exception of cooking.. The bit about cooking (temps and measures) is spot effing on.
(DIR) Post #AVFnJH5RwqJITdn6hs by vwbusguy@mastodon.online
2023-05-02T19:09:27Z
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@saramg @lanodan @jimgoodall One thing that's always interesting to me is that I never hear Americans use the term "Imperial". You might rarely hear a Canadian gallon referred to as "Imperial" but we call it Standard (or US Standard). A hardware store person might ask you "Standard or Metric?" (if Metric is even an option for that tool).
(DIR) Post #AVFnasJKnsfaqdg6Jk by vwbusguy@mastodon.online
2023-05-02T19:10:36Z
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@saramg @lanodan @jimgoodall When people say stuff like "US needs to got off Imperial measurements", the first thought is "When did we adopt Canadian gallons" before I realize they're conflating US Standard and Imperial because the units have the same names.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_the_imperial_and_US_customary_measurement_systems
(DIR) Post #AVFnasvcVXIKlNafzc by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2023-05-02T19:13:50.768090Z
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@vwbusguy @saramg @jimgoodall Ah yeah, the part where it gets *really* annoying internationally because you have to ask yourself if the person is british or american if you need enough precision.
(DIR) Post #AVFoA20ElEiB2hVdD6 by vwbusguy@mastodon.online
2023-05-02T19:14:56Z
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@saramg @lanodan @jimgoodall Odd fun fact, the US Standard system is actually older than the Imperial system in terms of definition of the standards.
(DIR) Post #AVFoA2W8qcESdeR6wK by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2023-05-02T19:20:13.178258Z
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@vwbusguy @saramg @jimgoodall So UK adopted US standards but changed few bits? Or most unit conversion software are just doing it wrong?
(DIR) Post #AVG8NjJH3W9QClDssC by baronvonj@mastodon.online
2023-05-02T23:07:09Z
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@mansr @saramg A Florida ounce is the water displacement of a an average weight juvenile gator.
(DIR) Post #AWhKQs0BuUDbDenUh6 by SirVo@noagendasocial.com
2023-06-14T23:51:33Z
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@saramg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cup_(unit)