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submitted 4 days ago by Stamets@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[–] MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

whats fucking weird to me is that we use millimeters and inches on the same fucking rulers.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Ignore all the rest of the US rounds like .30-06, .30-30, .357, etc.

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[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

they would freak out if they have to measure temperature in kelvins, even celcius freaks americans out.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

and drugs

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (7 children)

Took me a while to realize that Caliber is roughly inch/100. Once I did I no longer needed to memorize them.

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[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

We all use metric. We need to just rip the bandaid off.