this post was submitted on 22 May 2025
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Anything But Metric

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Americans will use anything but metric

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Americans will use anything as a unit of measurement

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[–] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 hours ago

This is definitely a "I revised what I wrote multiple times and then forgot to read it back before I hit submit." I do that a lot.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 2 points 5 hours ago

A large boulder the size a large elephant reduced in size to that of a smaller boulder, then multiplied and glued together would be more concise, are they even trying?!

[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Between two and three billion

[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

And how many Superbowls is that?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago

Significantly less than one