Ditto for the original meter. We sure are lucky that an approximation of the measurement is built into the name of the foot. It’s frighteningly European to have a measurement name that roughly translates to “measure”

Hey, how many measures is that?

[–] brunofin@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

honestly curious, as someone that doesn't intuitively know how long a foot (in terms of measure) is, does it actually compare to the average size of the average foot? Like if you say something is 2 feet long, can you actually walk 2 steps and that's a pretty good approximation?

[–] bloodfart@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Its a tad low if you’re barefoot, frighteningly close when you have shoes on. For men’s average shoe sizes.

It’s a man’s man’s man’s foots world.