cm0002@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 19 days agoHow many hands long do they get?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square63linkfedilinkarrow-up1536
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minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·19 days agoyeah this is imperial washing. they setup a colony and left it with an antiquated system of measures, then cheated off their neighbor for a better one.
minus-squarenialv7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·19 days agoAnd legally America does use the metric system…
minus-squareBastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·19 days agoYes, since the 60’ in the US the measurements are based on the metric system. In 1959 the inch was redefined to be exactly 25.4mm. So the US and any other country using the imperial system is just using metric but which weird conversion just to make things harder.
French invented metric system…
yeah this is imperial washing. they setup a colony and left it with an antiquated system of measures, then cheated off their neighbor for a better one.
And legally America does use the metric system…
Yes, since the 60’ in the US the measurements are based on the metric system.
In 1959 the inch was redefined to be exactly 25.4mm.
So the US and any other country using the imperial system is just using metric but which weird conversion just to make things harder.