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[–] [email protected] 155 points 2 months ago (4 children)

by that metric

Americans cannot understand any metric

[–] [email protected] 77 points 2 months ago (1 children)

2 liter bottle.

Checkmate, athiests.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Also we have electric, water and gas meters smh

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is why I say 'metre' for the measure and 'meter' for the measurement device

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

And Demeter for the harvest

[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 months ago (1 children)

9mm

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We’re more familiar with 5.56x45mm thanks to all our school shootings thank you very much.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I would make a bet that more mass shootings are done with 9mm. Depending on which shootings they consider 'mass' I see estimates from 60-80% for handgun usage. I'm sure the cheap .22 is a large number, but 9mm is probably right up there. There is a large bias in reporting the school shootings and shootings involving rifles by the media. They almost ignore the others.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

28 grams to an ounce

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

In point of fact Americans have gotten impressive results out of far more complicated metrics than metric. It's not a matter of understanding, it's a matter of pride. And of not having to buy all new tools.