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Flying Squid@lemmy.worldmod to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world – 1019 points –

Actual poster from 1917 that made me laugh. A lot.

Also, those motherfuckers are measuring the weight of those balls in kilograms, aren't they?

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Doesn't the reason why the avg US citizen wants imperial units boil down to "sounds cooler"?

Kilometer vs Miles, the former latter sounds easier and cooler to work with

Centimeter vs inch, same.

How will they now call a two by four?

It's kind of the same for the pro gun arguments, it all boils down to "but guns are cool toys!"

Edit: fixed a duuuhhh

A 2x4 is actually 1.5" x 3.5" so you are not standing on solid ground with that one.

When you build a wood house, how far apart are the studs? I once tried to hang a shelf made by/for the European market, it had predrilled holes that were far enough apart that I could almost hit two studs, but not quite.

I read that as "I once tried to hang myself...." and was shocked for a second

That says a lot about how crappy the imperial system is, really.

Americans choosing the system with tougher math requirements is suprising.

We see it as sticking to what we're used to... As conservative as we are overall, is it really that surprising?

It's all conservatives clinging to really outdated and stupid shit

Between the kilometer vs miles, isn't the "former" here the kilometer? So you're saying the metric system sounds cooler? But then you went on to say two by four which is an imperial thing... am I confused?

Yeah my bad. I meant latter there, and fixed it.. Thanks!

They’ll be happy to know the metric system also has miles.

10 km = 1 mile (metric mile)

I have never heard of metric miles, did you make that up?

Also known as the Scandinavian mile. It is very commonly used in Sweden and Norway to describe long distances.

Before the introduction of the metric system, there were many local miles. Some a bit shorter than 10km, some a bit longer.

A "five by ten" I would say, doesnt sound to bad.

I think its mostly ingrained into the population at this point.

You forgot that a 2 by four isn't actually two by four inches .

It is actually 1.5 inches by 3.5 inches. The 2 by 4 references the rough cut lumber before planning.

That, and conservatives just can't let go of old crappy ideas