• lemmyknow@lemmy.today
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      6 hours ago

      Tf is a mile, bruv? Don’t come in 'ere with these nonsensical made up freedom units

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        4 hours ago

        Miles originated in Britain, so talk to them about their made-up nonsense.

        At least they were eventually willing to give up the imperial system. I still don’t understand why Americans never got on board with metric; it’s so much easier.

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          Just watched a video which explains a few things.

          Time zones start in UK because of some decent reasoning. France was also a contender for where timezones start for the same kinds of reasoning but conceded it in agreement that UK adopts the new metric system they created

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          4 hours ago

          Yeah, 'Muricans be like “B-but… the Brits…”

          Like, yeah. They moved on. They evolved, changed their ways. USians hanging on to legacy units

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        5 hours ago

        If I remember my conversions right then a mile is 5280 kilometers. I hope that helps explain why Europeans would fear such a distance!

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          3 hours ago

          Tf. Why would anyone have a unit for that

          “A benpu is 327 meters!”

          …wait a minute… am I being made a fool of? Can’t tell, cuz I don’t comprehend dumb units. I’d legit buy that as a real thing, given how stupid those tend to be