PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoHow dare helemmy.worldimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up112
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minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoIt’s what most of the world uses. Tea-ville and Yeehawland are the only two that typically use imperial still.
minus-squareZiglin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoBut no matter where you are you’d better add units!
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoDefinitely, there’s no excuse for that.
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoWe don’t even use the same type of imperial either If France could just lie for a few years and say that they’re adopting the British system, it might persuade us to finally metricise properly out of spite and I’d be extremely grateful to them
minus-squaremanucode@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoIn Germany, we usually express height in meters and centimeters, like 1 meter 58 or 1 meter 88.
minus-squarenl4real@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoThat makes a lot more sense to a 'Murican like me coming from imperial.
minus-squarePersi@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoFeel free to say it any way you like, it makes no difference: 1.58 meters 158 centimeters 1 meter 58 centimeters It’s all the exact same thing, nobody will bat an eye.
It’s what most of the world uses. Tea-ville and Yeehawland are the only two that typically use imperial still.
But no matter where you are you’d better add units!
Definitely, there’s no excuse for that.
We don’t even use the same type of imperial either
If France could just lie for a few years and say that they’re adopting the British system, it might persuade us to finally metricise properly out of spite and I’d be extremely grateful to them
In Germany, we usually express height in meters and centimeters, like 1 meter 58 or 1 meter 88.
That makes a lot more sense to a 'Murican like me coming from imperial.
Feel free to say it any way you like, it makes no difference:
It’s all the exact same thing, nobody will bat an eye.