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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Chinese authorities have told people weighing less than 50 kilograms (7st 9lbs)

I'm sorry, is a news article referencing stones as a unit of weight?

I know the world has been going backwards in the past decade, but did we really just go back to the 1600s?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's a chiefly British way of measuring body weight. 1 st = 14 lbs, so 7 st 9 lbs = 107 lbs. Though honestly 50kg is closer to 7 st 12 lbs.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

And I thought Americans were bad with arbitrary values (yeah it’s probably rooted in something…. From 400 years ago)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I would assume then that it’s a Hong Kong thing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is it China, or is it Memorex?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Smash TV - Memorex