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submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[+] [email protected] -7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

We're on a post that's about making fun on the imperial system.

If that's triggering to you... maybe move on to the next post?

"Standard"?

Such tasty irony. :D

"metrication"

You mean standardisation?

"dozenal time" :D

Our clocks work on 24-hour time, yank. And those twenty four hours are divided into 60 minutes and 60 seconds, which is called sexagesimal, meaning base-60. Imperial isn't base-anything, as every unit is different from the next.

An inch is 3 barleycorns. A barleycorn is 4 poppyseeds. A poppyseed (2.11mm) is six points. A point, 0.35mm is twenty twips. A twip is 17 micrometers.

Also, looking at recipes online, measuring via volume (cups) more common in the US than grams.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It'd help your point if you were less incredibly butthurt lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

You don't find "metrication" and "dozenal" hilarious when the context of the post is 'Americans don't understand metric systems'?