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Godric@lemmy.world to Memes@midwest.social · 1 year ago

You just gotta know how to talk to Euros

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You just gotta know how to talk to Euros

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Godric@lemmy.world to Memes@midwest.social · 1 year ago
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  • Pietrasagh@lemmy.world
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    Not only euros. 95.8% of world population have no idea why you measure length with your body parts.

    • cordlesslamp@lemmy.today
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      Then later on redefine the units by using metrics anyway because everything is fucked up.

    • Godric@lemmy.worldOP
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      Wait what part of my body is a mile? Are you calling me fat? :,[

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        It’s OK maybe it’ll still grow.

      • Pietrasagh@lemmy.world
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        Mile is defined as 5280 feet, isn’t it?

        I would never called you fat! Maybe slightly overweight 🤣

        Funniest imperial unit I see in my work from time to time is pressure in psf. Punds per square foot - very painfull unit.

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    S-kilometer issue

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    Skill-o-metre

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      I pronounce kilo more with an ee sound, like keylo, so I read it as skeelometre, which sounds really funny, like I’m doing a bad impression of an eastern European accent

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    S-mart!

  • Vilian@lemmy.ca
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    entire world* the entire world use metric lol, you all are the weirdos

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      That’s wild all the world decided to use a European measurement system, how did that happen?

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    skibidi lometer

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    That’s kilometre.

    Ironivally, the only country that officially uses kilometer is…the US.

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      Here in Germany, it’s also called “kilometer”, albeit in our German bastardization of Ancient Greek.

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      only country that officially uses kilometer is…the US

      Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden all use Meter

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      Try kilometr in polish. What, don’t like consonants so close together?

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        Strč prst skrz krk.

        One of my life’s greatest achievements was convincing a guy from Brazil that the sentence above is not ridiculously stupid.

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      nah a lot of people around the world use US spelling because it is more accessible and generally makes more sense than french

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    So there’s one single method left. The new communicator developed by Apple: iSlam!

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