▲ 20 ▼ Yesterday, the temperature was in the 80's. (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world 34 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ben16w@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm really hoping that's in Fahrenheit permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world [S] -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Nah, really?!? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) At least they were nice about it and didn't make some colonial ass slur about "civilized society" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 2 years ago It wouldn’t be colonial, though. Britain didn’t start its switch to the metric system until 1965. The colonists wouldn’t have been using metric, seeing as they came from Britain. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/weather/2023/02/20/the-change-to-celsius-in-u-s--remains-stalled--here-s-why permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world [S] -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Nah, really?!? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) At least they were nice about it and didn't make some colonial ass slur about "civilized society" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 2 years ago It wouldn’t be colonial, though. Britain didn’t start its switch to the metric system until 1965. The colonists wouldn’t have been using metric, seeing as they came from Britain. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/weather/2023/02/20/the-change-to-celsius-in-u-s--remains-stalled--here-s-why permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) At least they were nice about it and didn't make some colonial ass slur about "civilized society" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 2 years ago It wouldn’t be colonial, though. Britain didn’t start its switch to the metric system until 1965. The colonists wouldn’t have been using metric, seeing as they came from Britain. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/weather/2023/02/20/the-change-to-celsius-in-u-s--remains-stalled--here-s-why permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 2 years ago It wouldn’t be colonial, though. Britain didn’t start its switch to the metric system until 1965. The colonists wouldn’t have been using metric, seeing as they came from Britain. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/weather/2023/02/20/the-change-to-celsius-in-u-s--remains-stalled--here-s-why permalink fedilink source parent
