this post was submitted on 26 Dec 2024
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Anything But Metric

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Americans will use anything but metric

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] babybus 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I want to see a car as small as this rock.

[–] tostiman 28 points 5 months ago

Here you go friend

peel p50

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago

They're just trying to make the large boulder feel good about its body jesus christ guys lay off.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

Damn pioneers parking their boulders wherever they please. No respect.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

Can't park here mate

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It looks like it's only about a hogshead. I wouldn't call that the size of a small boulder.

[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 5 months ago

What kind of megafauna hogs do you have where you live?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Mod nitpick- the unit is small boulder, not large boulder.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

How much is that in football fields per square fathom?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I was working near here when this happened and never heard of this. Incredible mistake 😁

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

All cops are idiots.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

But a big small boulder!

[–] lurch 1 points 5 months ago

it's compressed

[–] [email protected] -4 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

No, it doesn't. It's just a simple mistake. LLM would never abbreviate mile marker "mm" without specific instruction to do so.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I also remember this post making the rounds way before a.i. was able to write a coherent sentence, so yeah it's not a.i.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago
[–] reev -5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Americans will do anything to avoid the metric system.