PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1492arrow-down114cross-posted to: starwarsmemes@lemmy.world
arrow-up1478arrow-down1imageThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square36fedilinkcross-posted to: starwarsmemes@lemmy.world
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoThe US doesn’t use imperial measures. It uses US customary measures which often have the same names but are significantly different.
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoTechnically theses days they use SI with weird conversion factors, and call that by the old US customary names
minus-squareabbotsbury@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·50 minutes agoI don’t think that is any different than SI changing the definition of a meter and calling it a meter still.
The US doesn’t use imperial measures. It uses US customary measures which often have the same names but are significantly different.
Technically theses days they use SI with weird conversion factors, and call that by the old US customary names
I don’t think that is any different than SI changing the definition of a meter and calling it a meter still.