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Wow! It actually makes sense! (i.imgur.com)

submitted 2 years ago by CodaChroma@lemmy.world to c/standardization@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Ixoid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I love the mental gymnastics which have gone into the making of this infographic. Gold!

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks! I hate it.

But in all honesty, this is almost like being inside a Canadian's brain. I have to translate back and forth at work all the time, and even cooking involves converting things back and forth. I have no idea how many drams to a gallon, so I'll convert ounces to mL, then scale as necessary, and then convert back to US customary because the measuring cups and spoons are labelled in American.

[–] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Don't Americans normally say "4th of July"?

[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

"The 4th of May be with you"

[–] fidodo@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I actually like fahrenheit for weather. 0 is really fucking cold, 100 is really fucking hot.

[–] IthronMorn@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Plus Fahrenheit gives you more increments of degrees within a given range.

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Ever heard of decimals?