Not only euros. 95.8% of world population have no idea why you measure length with your body parts.
this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2024
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Wait what part of my body is a mile? Are you calling me fat? :,[
It's OK maybe it'll still grow.
Mile is defined as 5280 feet, isn't it?
I would never called you fat! Maybe slightly overweight 🤣
Funniest imperial unit I see in my work from time to time is pressure in psf. Punds per square foot - very painfull unit.
Then later on redefine the units by using metrics anyway because everything is fucked up.
S-kilometer issue
Skill-o-metre
I pronounce kilo more with an ee sound, like keylo, so I read it as skeelometre, which sounds really funny, like I'm doing a bad impression of an eastern European accent
S-mart!
entire world* the entire world use metric lol, you all are the weirdos
That's wild all the world decided to use a European measurement system, how did that happen?
skibidi lometer
So there's one single method left. The new communicator developed by Apple: iSlam!
That's kilometre.
Ironivally, the only country that officially uses kilometer is...the US.
Here in Germany, it's also called "kilometer", albeit in our German bastardization of Ancient Greek.
only country that officially uses kilometer is…the US
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden all use Meter
Try kilometr in polish. What, don't like consonants so close together?
Strč prst skrz krk.
One of my life's greatest achievements was convincing a guy from Brazil that the sentence above is not ridiculously stupid.
nah a lot of people around the world use US spelling because it is more accessible and generally makes more sense than french