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measuring rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 10 months ago by Deegham@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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[–] Titou@feddit.de 41 points 10 months ago (4 children)

USA's measurment system dosn't make any senses.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 45 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Shut up. If you don't know how many buckets there are to a hogshead, that's not our fault.

[–] Titou@feddit.de 8 points 10 months ago

Smartest statesian

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

That's medieval units for you. At least they use the same units in the whole country, which is progress compared to how it used to be in the rest of the medieval world. They just didn't take the last step to modernity.

[–] vsh@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My 69°F room temperature disagrees with you.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 10 months ago

Winner, right here.

[–] 4lan@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's not even our system. We adopted the system of our oppressors that kept it long after they abandoned it.

Imperial is not American, some might call it unAmerican

[–] Titou@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

Yeo but you decided to kept it