this post was submitted on 16 Jan 2026
162 points (98.8% liked)

Anything But Metric

700 readers
1 users here now

Americans will use anything but metric

The Rules:

  1. Posts must be a screenshot, crosspost, or link to someone using a bizarre unit of measurement (33 lanes wide, as heavy as 10 semi-trucks, etc.)

  2. Standard units are not allowed, unless it's a sufficiently bizarre usage of the unit (this is up to mod discretion.)

  3. Intentionally terrible units are completely fine! Satire is welcome here

  4. Curses are fine, slurs are not. If there are slurs in something you want to post, please blur them, or reconsider posting.

  5. Flag NSFW content as such. NSFW words in these posts don't need to be censored.

  6. Post titles should be just the unit of measurement used (not the thing being measured!), and should be the full name of the unit (Apples and Bags of Apples imply very different things!) NSFW units should be partially censored. If there are multiple units, list as many as you want. If the source is satire, the title should start with [Satire]

  7. In the comments be civil, both to each other AND the subject of posts.

Mod Policy:

founded 1 year ago
 
top 10 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] squirrel@piefed.kobel.fyi 22 points 2 months ago
[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

They'll use anything but the metric system

Edit: didn't realise what sub I was on, lol

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

All good mate. It's Friday. The brain is in autopilot mode.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How many extra-large pizzas is that?

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The amount of pizza that 12 elephants would eat, or do you live in a place where pizzas are bigger than elephants?

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago
[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

while it's still true, this one is so old, those cars you see have been scraped so long ago, their metal was probably reused for the washing machine you disposed off the year before last ;)

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Wdym, it was only 5 days ago /s

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 8 points 2 months ago

Its a reporter thing - they'll grasp at any "novel" way to say something.