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[–] 18 points 3 days ago (8 children)

I moved to Canada from Australia 5 years ago and was dumbfounded by the amount of American measurement still in use. It's been an interesting exercise for my ageing brain to figure out how to do math with fractions of an inch etc. I'm also baffled by the number of people using American date format!

We're trying though - I'm installing new flooring in my house and the size written on the box is 7.5" x 48" x 10mm - that gave me a chuckle.

I had hoped that the current discontent with the US would prompt more people to cringe at using their measurement system, but nobody seems to see the connection.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 days ago* (5 children)

    7.5" x 48" x 10mm

    Canadian consciousness lol

    How warm is it? 21C

    How tall are you? 5’11”

    How much do you weigh? 175? 82? I dunno

    How far is it? About 40 minutes

    What time is it? Noone is sure this week

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago (4 children)

    What time is it? Noone is sure this week

    I hope people at least know what time it is in their province... but I have no fucking clue what it is all across Canada now 😂

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (2 children)

    Lots of us had clocks that didn't update properly, tech was confused as shit lol

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