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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Masimatutu@lemm.ee to c/memes@lemmy.ml
 

alt textComic strip of a ghost and a person with the American flag pasted on the head. The ghost repeats "Boo!" in the first three panels without getting any reaction, but when it in the fourth panel says "kg, cm, km, °C" the American gets scared and screams "AHHHH!!!".

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[–] shath@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

me to imperial measurements: i am going to kill you

[–] hactar42@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Y'all are just jealous because we're not afraid of fractions

[–] alcoholicorn@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (30 children)

Europeans acting smug like knowing how close to boiling the temperature is is more important than knowing how close to 100% hot out the temperature is.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago

The hottest a specific person believed in. Obviously never visited $countryThatGetsHotter

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[–] unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago (6 children)

What's even worse is that when they use SI units they don't even spell them right. They write meters whereas the rest of the world writes metres

[–] lnee@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

spelling is hard why make it harder by spelling it "metres"

[–] aquasteel@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To help distinguish metre, as in length, from a meter, as in volt-meter.

[–] lnee@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Thats why we call it a volt-meter, or amp-meter or a parking-meter.

[–] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Well how would I know if they teach me it's meters and not metres, hmm?

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

They are one of the founding members of the Metre Convention

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