c/memes · by Godric@lemmy.world · 2yYou just gotta know how to talk to Euros 275 points · 19 comments · view on lemmy.world
19 Comments
Pietrasagh@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 2y
Not only euros. 95.8% of world population have no idea why you measure length with your body parts.
Godric@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
Wait what part of my body is a mile? Are you calling me fat? :,[
ByteJunk@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
It's OK maybe it'll still grow.
Pietrasagh@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Mile is defined as 5280 feet, isn't it?
I would never called you fat! Maybe slightly overweight š¤£
Funniest imperial unit I see in my work from time to time is pressure in psf. Punds per square foot - very painfull unit.
cordlesslamp@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 2y
Then later on redefine the units by using metrics anyway because everything is fucked up.
edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
S-kilometer issue
milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 2y
Skill-o-metre
AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 2y
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
Klear@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
S-mart!
Vilian@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 2y
entire world* the entire world use metric lol, you all are the weirdos
Godric@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
That's wild all the world decided to use a European measurement system, how did that happen?
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 2y
skibidi lometer
uebquauntbez@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
So there's one single method left. The new communicator developed by Apple: iSlam!
swordgeek@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 2y
That's kilometre.
Ironivally, the only country that officially uses kilometer is...the US.
Ephera@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 2y
Here in Germany, it's also called "kilometer", albeit in our German bastardization of Ancient Greek.
geissi@feddit.de · 7 pts · 2y
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden all use Meter
magikmw@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y
Try kilometr in polish. What, don't like consonants so close together?
Klear@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
StrÄ prst skrz krk.
One of my life's greatest achievements was convincing a guy from Brazil that the sentence above is not ridiculously stupid.
pyre@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
nah a lot of people around the world use US spelling because it is more accessible and generally makes more sense than french