▲ 717 ▼ Hey Canada, just wanted to let you know there's alternatives. (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 days ago by abbadon420@sh.itjust.works to c/memes@lemmy.world 149 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 20 points 2 days ago (3 children) Fun fact: ISO paper sizes are a transposition of German DIN (Deutsches Institut für Normung) sizes. The German's obsession for standards is their main usefulness to humanity. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago I dunno... I feel like I've dealt with enough German machinery and bureaucracy for 3 lifetimes. Their "obsession" for standards is only for the standard of making everything 10 times more complicated than it needs to be. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kennystillalive@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago Fun fact, there is a standard butt & a standard shit accoding to the DIN. permalink fedilink source parent [–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works [S] 4 points 2 days ago (1 child) Their greatest usefullness, not "main". Some people would much rather have bratwurst than a4 paper. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago I spend all year waiting for fest style beers, so yeah they've got a few great ideas permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago I dunno... I feel like I've dealt with enough German machinery and bureaucracy for 3 lifetimes. Their "obsession" for standards is only for the standard of making everything 10 times more complicated than it needs to be. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kennystillalive@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago Fun fact, there is a standard butt & a standard shit accoding to the DIN. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works [S] 4 points 2 days ago (1 child) Their greatest usefullness, not "main". Some people would much rather have bratwurst than a4 paper. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago I spend all year waiting for fest style beers, so yeah they've got a few great ideas permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago I spend all year waiting for fest style beers, so yeah they've got a few great ideas permalink fedilink source parent
