• @Jyek@sh.itjust.works
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    98 months ago

    The US measures ingredients and pharmaceuticals in g and mg. I’m not sure what your point is. We use both Metric and Standard on a regular basis. I’m not even sure why you’re intrigued when it literally does not affect you. And an additional point, if metrication is so I portant to you, why don’t you finish removing dozenal time and the 12 month calendar from your daily use? Not even you are fully metric.

    • @Dasus@lemmy.world
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      68 months ago

      We’re on a post that’s about making fun on the imperial system.

      If that’s triggering to you… maybe move on to the next post?

      “Standard”?

      Such tasty irony. :D

      “metrication”

      You mean standardisation?

      “dozenal time” :D

      Our clocks work on 24-hour time, yank. And those twenty four hours are divided into 60 minutes and 60 seconds, which is called sexagesimal, meaning base-60. Imperial isn’t base-anything, as every unit is different from the next.

      An inch is 3 barleycorns. A barleycorn is 4 poppyseeds. A poppyseed (2.11mm) is six points. A point, 0.35mm is twenty twips. A twip is 17 micrometers.

      Also, looking at recipes online, measuring via volume (cups) more common in the US than grams.

        • @Dasus@lemmy.world
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          68 months ago

          You don’t find “metrication” and “dozenal” hilarious when the context of the post is ‘Americans don’t understand metric systems’?