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They're not worth it! (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] 140 points 3 years ago (3 children)

What's weirder is that the bottom two are 6 feef apart

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  • [–] 133 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Americans will use anything but metric

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    What's metric? Is that some kind of myth the Europeans invented? No thanks, Monarchists, I love my feets and freedoms.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Metric is a product of the French Revolution, as well as decimal currency like cents. Some decimalization from the French Revolution didn't catch on widely, like gradians for measuring angles or decimal minutes, hours, and weeks. The imperial units were standardized by various monarchies (hence the name).

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    We use decimal inches in machine shops, that's a metric system.

    SI though, that's what gets people mad.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Except for some reason you didn't come up with your own units for:

    • electric potential difference
    • electric charge
    • electric current
    • resistance
    • capacitance
    • inductance
    • magnetic flux
    • amount of substance
    • radioactivity
    • ...
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