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[-] callyral@kbin.social 140 points 1 year ago

What's weirder is that the bottom two are 6 feef apart

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 132 points 1 year ago

Americans will use anything but metric

[-] WtfEvenIsExistence@reddthat.com 16 points 1 year ago

What's metric? Is that some kind of myth the Europeans invented? No thanks, Monarchists, I love my feets and freedoms.

[-] ponfriend@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Metric is a product of the French Revolution, as well as decimal currency like cents. Some decimalization from the French Revolution didn't catch on widely, like gradians for measuring angles or decimal minutes, hours, and weeks. The imperial units were standardized by various monarchies (hence the name).

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