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[–] 45 points 6 months ago (13 children)

Some people are just more comfortable with good old familiar units like baby elephants per corgi. What do they even use for that in the metric system? Millihectares per decilitre or something? Whatever.

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  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    you could also say 12L meteor weighing 400kg .. which is pretty cool, imagine 12 cartons of milk weighing the same as 4 fairly large people

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  • [–] 19 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    1.5 fairly large people. You're talking to Americans, remember.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I mean they were probably already confused by the L and the cartons of milk ..

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    Soda is generally sold in 2L bottles here, with single liter bottles growing in popularity. Alcohol is usually sold by the ml, though in units like "fifth" and "handle."

    Milk though, milk is sold in half-pints (not sure why they don't write cup), pints, quarts, half-gallon, or gallon. I like to pretend a quart is a shrinkflated liter though.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    For non-metric users, three gallons of milk is probably more accessible. 400 kg is 880lb, which is roughly 12x as dense as water, which is the wild part (or it feels like it, that could be a totally normal density for stone, I’ve already put too much effort in for napkin math on a shitpost)

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