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[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What I've noticed is that for those using other measurements, intuitively knowing about how long a meter is seems like witchcraft. But for use who are used to metric, it's just "about this much 🫲🫱" or "about this much 🚶".