memes·MemesbyGodric You just gotta know how to talk to EurosView original on lemmy.world274Comments19Reply
PPietrasagh lemmy.world4Hide 4 repliesNot only euros. 95.8% of world population have no idea why you measure length with your body parts.22Reply
Godric replylemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesWait what part of my body is a mile? Are you calling me fat? :,[9Reply
PPietrasagh replylemmy.worldMile 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.3Reply
ccordlesslamp replylemmy.todayThen later on redefine the units by using metrics anyway because everything is fucked up.9Reply
AAnarchistArtificer replyslrpnk.netI 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 accent3Reply
VVilian lemmy.ca1Hide 1 replyentire world* the entire world use metric lol, you all are the weirdos5Reply
Godric replylemmy.worldThat's wild all the world decided to use a European measurement system, how did that happen?2Reply
uuebquauntbez lemmy.worldSo there's one single method left. The new communicator developed by Apple: iSlam!0Reply
SSwordgeek lemmy.ca5Hide 5 repliesThat's kilometre. Ironivally, the only country that officially uses kilometer is...the US.0Reply
EEphera replylemmy.mlHere in Germany, it's also called "kilometer", albeit in our German bastardization of Ancient Greek.11Reply
ggeissi replyfeddit.de only country that officially uses kilometer is…the US Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden all use Meter7Reply
mmagikmw replylemm.ee1Hide 1 replyTry kilometr in polish. What, don't like consonants so close together?5Reply
KKlear replylemmy.worldStrč prst skrz krk. One of my life's greatest achievements was convincing a guy from Brazil that the sentence above is not ridiculously stupid.3Reply
ppyre replylemmy.worldnah a lot of people around the world use US spelling because it is more accessible and generally makes more sense than french0Reply
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Not only euros. 95.8% of world population have no idea why you measure length with your body parts.
Wait what part of my body is a mile? Are you calling me fat? :,[
It's OK maybe it'll still grow.
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.
Then later on redefine the units by using metrics anyway because everything is fucked up.
S-kilometer issue
Skill-o-metre
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
S-mart!
entire world* the entire world use metric lol, you all are the weirdos
That's wild all the world decided to use a European measurement system, how did that happen?
skibidi lometer
So there's one single method left. The new communicator developed by Apple: iSlam!
That's kilometre.
Ironivally, the only country that officially uses kilometer is...the US.
Here in Germany, it's also called "kilometer", albeit in our German bastardization of Ancient Greek.
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden all use Meter
Try kilometr in polish. What, don't like consonants so close together?
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.
nah a lot of people around the world use US spelling because it is more accessible and generally makes more sense than french