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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It's all metric behind the scenes. When you pump your gas it shows gallons, but it's doing the math in litres. We turned our backs on the ⅓ lb burger, we've trained corporations to treat us like idiots.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Yeah engineers use metric then we convert because you (general) don’t understand metric and don’t want to learn

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm an engineer but I work in imperial. Most machines run inches so I design in inches.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Fair enough I actually use mixed because my maintenance department doesn’t like metric but we have foreign bosses and suppliers

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

A thousand grams to a pineapple, and 20 football pitches to a kilometre. Simples!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

"There is a considerable overlap between the smartest bears and the dumbest tourist"