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Wow! It actually makes sense! (i.imgur.com)

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[-] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

Same, as a Canadian I wish we just had everything in metric instead of 70% of things. If systems of units were money, metric would be paying with dollars and cents, while imperial is paying with sheep and bars of gold.

[-] ciapatri@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

I also hate that we are loosey goosey with date formats. What day is 07/08/23??? I hate that the US uses MM/DD/YY format but at least they are consistent about it.

[-] alongwaysgone@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

That's either July 8, or August 7th. Depending on... Well. What whoever was writing it meant 😁

[-] Murdoc@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

If systems of units were money, metric would be paying with dollars and cents, while imperial is paying with sheep and bars of gold.

😆 I'm totally stealing this.

[-] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

In that case, sign me up for an imperial monetary system, that sounds awesome.

You had me at sheep.

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