this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2024
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Not only euros. 95.8% of world population have no idea why you measure length with your body parts.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Then later on redefine the units by using metrics anyway because everything is fucked up.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wait what part of my body is a mile? Are you calling me fat? :,[

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

It's OK maybe it'll still grow.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Mile is defined as 5280 feet, isn't it?

I would never called you fat! Maybe slightly overweight 🤣

Funniest imperial unit I see in my work from time to time is pressure in psf. Punds per square foot - very painfull unit.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

S-kilometer issue

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I pronounce kilo more with an ee sound, like keylo, so I read it as skeelometre, which sounds really funny, like I'm doing a bad impression of an eastern European accent

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

entire world* the entire world use metric lol, you all are the weirdos

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

That's wild all the world decided to use a European measurement system, how did that happen?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

skibidi lometer

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (4 children)

That's kilometre.

Ironivally, the only country that officially uses kilometer is...the US.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Here in Germany, it's also called "kilometer", albeit in our German bastardization of Ancient Greek.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

only country that officially uses kilometer is…the US

Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden all use Meter

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

Try kilometr in polish. What, don't like consonants so close together?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Strč prst skrz krk.

One of my life's greatest achievements was convincing a guy from Brazil that the sentence above is not ridiculously stupid.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

nah a lot of people around the world use US spelling because it is more accessible and generally makes more sense than french

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

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