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[–] morkyporky@suppo.fi 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You mean wannabe US? (never truly accepted metric system, even discussed to change back to imperial)

Edit: fair point though. My bad.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As a USian, even we are baffled by measuring things in hands and stone.

[–] wischi@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

Exactly. The only real unit is football fields.