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minus-squareSwingingTheLamp@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoBritain uses Imperial, we use US Customary units. There is a difference. (They get more beer in a pint, for one.)
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 days agoAnd yet nobody brings that technicality up during those discussions because the terminology is the same since it is just a different version of the same thing.
minus-squareSwingingTheLamp@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoYeah, but how else are we gonna rile up this comment section?
Britain uses Imperial, we use US Customary units. There is a difference. (They get more beer in a pint, for one.)
And yet nobody brings that technicality up during those discussions because the terminology is the same since it is just a different version of the same thing.
Yeah, but how else are we gonna rile up this comment section?