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[-] [email protected] 158 points 3 days ago

How dare you!

We also measure our drugs that way

[-] [email protected] 59 points 3 days ago

And our largest bottles of soda.

[-] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago
[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

And alcohol!

Really? And here I thought it was still in those really confusing Florida ounces. Even up here in Canada, where we do have millilitres marked on our cans, I still see “Fl oz” on many products.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago
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[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

And my crippling medical debt.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Glock is Austrian. They just love the US market.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I think most gun makers like the American market

[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Like a goddamn liter cola

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Literally all of your food and drinks in America are sold by the metric unit. That's why it is on the packaging. Your "fifth" of vodka is actually 750ml and is not 1/5 of a gallon.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That’s done intentionally to obfuscate the quantity, since most Americans can more easily estimate a half-gallon. It’s to encourage consumption.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Sorry, but the entire u.s. economy is actually run on this kind of scam logic. Honest people are run out or killed a few years in. Like with cops. It's in the college textbooks, but naturally none of the news channels can cover the details at any length, due to conflict of interest in funding.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

The US food industry is based on bulk size as a reason to spend more. We buy in bulk and all of the large stuff is "value sizes". They wouldn't obfuscate the size of their soda to make it seem like you were getting a smaller amount.

[-] [email protected] 40 points 3 days ago

And the temperature of electronic components for some reason

[-] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago

Lower numbers look better for that so it's like a cheat code for them.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

"wow, if I buy this gpu, my room will be literally freezing when I'm not playing a game, and it warms up to around 80 once I launch something? The fuck do I need an air conditioner for?"

[-] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago

And some science stuff. Often related to drugs.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

And computing.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

And distances in track and field events

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