RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to memes@lemmy.world · 8 months agoAmericans using anything but the metric systemsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up1798arrow-down121
arrow-up1777arrow-down1imageAmericans using anything but the metric systemsh.itjust.worksRmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to memes@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square122fedilink
minus-squareEpheralinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoYeah, it’s particularly weird, because surely people from the US have a good sense how much a pound weighs, and a pound weighs more than a burger, so you need to imagine a less big number of them.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoAnd people are much closer in size - isn’t “the weight of your uncle Eddie” more meaningful?
Yeah, it’s particularly weird, because surely people from the US have a good sense how much a pound weighs, and a pound weighs more than a burger, so you need to imagine a less big number of them.
And people are much closer in size - isn’t “the weight of your uncle Eddie” more meaningful?