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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Freedom units.. Oh, you mean imperial? As in, Britain? Yeah, we're just using their old system and haven't bothered to change unless there's a practical necessity.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The British still gladly mix both systems inconsistently. They measure themselves in stones & buy cars based on liter per mile fuel efficiency.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Which is exactly why we had to kick them out of the EU. This is obviously a joke. They went because their politicians are incompetent liars.