this post was submitted on 07 Apr 2025
264 points (98.2% liked)

Facepalm

3191 readers
368 users here now

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
irelephant@lemmy.world
Irelephant@lemm.ee
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world
264
How much is a "Florida ounce" ? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/facepalm@lemmy.world
35 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] freshcow@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Fluid ounce is a measure of volume (8 fluid ounces per cup) ounces is a unit of weight (16 ounces per pound)

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago

measures your solids in fluid ounces

[–] deeferg@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

The most confusing part of this to me is having this feeling of only remembering seeing floz on orange juice boxes, so it could have been Florida for all I knew. Thanks for the clarification that I'm only going partially insane!