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[–] Lembot_0002@lemm.ee 58 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Can't we just tell the USA that European minerals are of SI standard and therefore incompatible with the USA's ones?

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Fun fact: we actually officially changed to the metric system via the Metric Conversion Act of 1975. It just was never funded.

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Metric Conversion Act of 1975

Sorry. Who is we?

'We' - context clues - would be easily guessed to be the subject of the jab in question, as the form suggests a riposte of sorts, to be the US. And, in fact, they did: they maintain their copy of the One True Kilogram and derive their imperial measurements from that golden kilo. See, they were secretly imperialists the whole time!

Oh shit. Don't say Golden Kilo to Cheesy Don or he'll try and sell shares.

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