New Communities@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours ago

!anythingbutmetric@discuss.tchncs.de Because Americans will use anything but metric

New Communities@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours ago

Around the fediverse, any time a bizarre unit of measurement is used, the inevitable comment is something along the lines of “Americans will use anything but metric.”

Well, we gotta compile these bizarre units, so that Americans can make an informed decision on what measurement system (other than metric) to use!

Posts from anywhere are fine; crossposts, links to comments, articles, screenshots from outside apps, anything!

If you’re interested, use one of the links below to check it out! (These all link to the same place, just different formats because Lemmy gets weird sometimes.)

!anythingbutmetric@discuss.tchncs.de !anythingbutmetric@discuss.tchncs.de discuss.tchncs.de/c/anythingbutmetric

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So basically a community to make fun of Americans? Subscribed!
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Looks fun; subscribed!

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