▲ 958 ▼ how do you slice it?? (mander.xyz) submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 101 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] seraphine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 year ago (7 children) americans be using anything but the metric system permalink fedilink source hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago (2 children) Daily Mail is British permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago But they're the sort of British that yearns for the good old days, when we still had shillings and inches and diphtheria and jumpers for goalposts and no womens' rights and all that great British stuff. permalink fedilink source parent [–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago British people old enough to have supported the original nazis be using anything but the metric system permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago I was thinking this must be metric because only Europeans with their noses firmly in the air would get it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago Its time to retire the metric system in favor of something base 12. Base 10 is for children who need to count on their fingers, base 12 is easier to divide into quarters or thirds. Babylon was right. permalink fedilink source parent [–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) Americans be using metric all our lives. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* Yeah, we measure our soda in liters all the time, but only the 2 litre bottles. Other sizes are in ounces, and milk is in gallons and sometimes pints. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago (2 children) Daily Mail is British permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago But they're the sort of British that yearns for the good old days, when we still had shillings and inches and diphtheria and jumpers for goalposts and no womens' rights and all that great British stuff. permalink fedilink source parent [–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago British people old enough to have supported the original nazis be using anything but the metric system permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago But they're the sort of British that yearns for the good old days, when we still had shillings and inches and diphtheria and jumpers for goalposts and no womens' rights and all that great British stuff. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago British people old enough to have supported the original nazis be using anything but the metric system permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago I was thinking this must be metric because only Europeans with their noses firmly in the air would get it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago Its time to retire the metric system in favor of something base 12. Base 10 is for children who need to count on their fingers, base 12 is easier to divide into quarters or thirds. Babylon was right. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) Americans be using metric all our lives. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* Yeah, we measure our soda in liters all the time, but only the 2 litre bottles. Other sizes are in ounces, and milk is in gallons and sometimes pints. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* Yeah, we measure our soda in liters all the time, but only the 2 litre bottles. Other sizes are in ounces, and milk is in gallons and sometimes pints. permalink fedilink source parent