Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoBanana for scalemedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square168fedilinkarrow-up137
arrow-up137imageBanana for scalemedia.piefed.socialEk-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square168fedilink
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 day agoAlso, US Customary units share many of the same terms as Imperial, but the actual quantities differ.
minus-squareIrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 day agoEven more fun is that US customary units are explicitly defined by their metric equivalents. So the US is using metric whether they like it or not, they just slap pointless conversion factors on top.
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·22 hours agoAnd it’s been this way since 1893. The US customary system has been sneaky metric that whole time.
Also, US Customary units share many of the same terms as Imperial, but the actual quantities differ.
Even more fun is that US customary units are explicitly defined by their metric equivalents. So the US is using metric whether they like it or not, they just slap pointless conversion factors on top.
And it’s been this way since 1893. The US customary system has been sneaky metric that whole time.