Actual poster from 1917 that made me laugh. A lot.

Also, those motherfuckers are measuring the weight of those balls in kilograms, aren’t they?

  • DeanFogg@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Height in imperial is kinda useful. If you say a person is 4 foot tall vs 6 foot tall it immediately paints a vivid picture

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      3 months ago

      This isn’t some intrinsic value. What you’re used to makes the most sense. If you were used to measuring people’s height in meters, 1.3 meters vs 2 meters would paint just as vivid a picture.

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        3 months ago

        Classroom supplies for elementary school always included a 30 cm ruler, so you’d immediately know what 30 cm difference is

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      3 months ago

      That paints nothing to me, nor anyone in the rest.od the world. That literally only works in the US and a few other thirds world countries…

      1-80 versus 2 meter does the same and makes sense