Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoBanana for scalemedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square181linkfedilinkarrow-up1682arrow-down111 cross-posted to: anythingbutmetric@discuss.tchncs.de
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minus-squareIrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up16·5 days agoEven more fun is that US customary units are explicitly defined by their metric equivalents. So the US is using metric whether they like it or not, they just slap pointless conversion factors on top.
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoAnd it’s been this way since 1893. The US customary system has been sneaky metric that whole time.
Even more fun is that US customary units are explicitly defined by their metric equivalents. So the US is using metric whether they like it or not, they just slap pointless conversion factors on top.
And it’s been this way since 1893. The US customary system has been sneaky metric that whole time.