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[–] satanmat@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Dear gods

How far will these Americans go to not use the metric system... ffs

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Sadly they’re not American. Containment has been breached.

[–] Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 month ago

Daily Mail are the sort who think adopting the metric system let all the foreigners into Britain and led to the downfall of empire. Probably in that order.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Your bigotry has blinded you so much you couldn’t even see the two biggest, boldest words in the picture.

[–] satanmat@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

Oh no; I saw it was the DM... I just assumed that the writer must have been American.

You are SO correct, as I should have realized by the giraffe unit of measure.

I'm at a loss as to the Venn diagram where giraffe and imperial would overlap....