• ryedaft@sh.itjust.works
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    12 hours ago

    One problem metric solved was that each country had their own value for inch, mile, pound etcetera. This is partially fixed by everyone but the US going to metric. But I highly encourage everyone to ask “Okay, but is that a Swedish mile, nautical mile, Roman mile, or Chinese mile?” whenever miles comes up with Americans. Similar for inches, feet, and so on.

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      2 hours ago

      He jokes on you i only use kilofeet when talking about long distance. Now everyone is confused by saying 318 kft.

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      9 hours ago

      But I highly encourage everyone to ask “Okay, but is that a Swedish mile, nautical mile, Roman mile, or Chinese mile?” whenever miles comes up with Americans.

      I find it tedious when someone pretends not to understand a conversation just to make some academic point, don’t you?