RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to memes@lemmy.world · 2 years agoAmericans using anything but the metric systemsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square150linkfedilinkarrow-up1833
arrow-up1833imageAmericans using anything but the metric systemsh.itjust.worksRmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to memes@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square150linkfedilink
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoYeah, it’s particularly weird, because surely people from the US have a good sense how much a pound weighs, and a pound weighs more than a burger, so you need to imagine a less big number of them.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAnd people are much closer in size - isn’t “the weight of your uncle Eddie” more meaningful?
Yeah, it’s particularly weird, because surely people from the US have a good sense how much a pound weighs, and a pound weighs more than a burger, so you need to imagine a less big number of them.
And people are much closer in size - isn’t “the weight of your uncle Eddie” more meaningful?