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[โ€“] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world -5 points 1 day ago (4 children)

who the fuck are these absolute twats that are simping over a system of measurement? good for you, your governance made a good choice, but it was hardly like OP invented it or was responsible for the adoption, so whoop de fuckin' doo. or Le Whoop if you must convert.

we don't like imperial, it's not like you'll find people (outside hicksville or maga) claiming to defend it's superiority.

and get off your silly pretensions, for all your metric elegance the UK is still measuring shit in stones and miles.

[โ€“] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Honestly who uses stone to measure their weight? And if we switched to km for roads tomorrow I'd be happy, might take a minute to adjust but it's fine.

[โ€“] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Brits, and only for body weight, as far as I know.

[โ€“] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I just use kg, makes more sense

[โ€“] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Heavily depends on the use case.

Honestly who uses stone to measure their weight?

elder limeys

[โ€“] Aljernon@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They use a blend of metric and imperial as do we.

the secret of the sauce is just the right blend. give them predictable units for most things then hit them with the hogshead when they get comfortable

[โ€“] Rothe@piefed.social 0 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

we donโ€™t like imperial, itโ€™s not like youโ€™ll find people (outside hicksville or maga) claiming to defend itโ€™s superiority.

Every time metric vs imperial comes up on the internet there will be a gazillion Americans defending their system, claiming it is more "human" or some similar sort of nonsense. So yes, are a lot of Americans who will defend its alleged superiority.

[โ€“] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Every time metric vs imperial comes up on the internet there will be a gazillion Americans defending their system, claiming it is more โ€œhumanโ€ or some similar sort of nonsense. So yes, are a lot of Americans who will defend its alleged superiority.

pfft ok bud. there are schmucks in the UK that love stones. it's a tiny minority on both sides.

[โ€“] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[โ€“] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Nah, about what? I didn't make the decisions. you didn't either, so if you're proud, that's fucking dumb too.