• Sagifurius@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    I wouldn’t be surprised, everywhere else does. I really doubt you’re a carpenter, inches and feet simply work better in that trade.

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      11 months ago

      Lmao you have no clue of the world outside of Canada and the US.

      Which is alright in itself, but you are so confidently incorrect that it pains me.

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        11 months ago

        “I don’t know what’s natural, but I live in Finland where we use the metric / SI system extensively. Some people don’t even know how long an inch is, let alone a foot. Recently I was building a roof with an old, very experienced builder. Turns out that on construction sites, nails and planks are always discussed in inches, even when they’re actually metric. So a 60mm nail would be “a two point fiver” (“kakspuokki” or such in Finnish).” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12241565. You can shut the fuck up anytime

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          11 months ago

          It’s basically the names of them, you aren’t actually measuring anything in inches whatever else you guys use. Like I said, no clue.

          Nobody knows how long those measurements are. A fancy tape measurement might have inches on it but as far as anyone is concerned, it’s just there to trip you up if you use the wrong side. It’s like car speedometers.

          You can shut the fuck up anytime

          Hey, don’t be mad at me, nobody forced you to talk out of your ass. You chose to do that. Can’t be mad when everyone calls you out on it.

          I’m still not over how you think we use fahrenheit for cooking. Why would you think such a thing lol

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              11 months ago

              You seem quite angry even though you started this. Like I said, don’t blame me, I’m innocent here.

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                11 months ago

                No, you’re wrong, you were being an ass. I proved it, be quiet.

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                  11 months ago

                  Your argument is akin to thinking we prefer pounds in cooking because a hamburger is called a quarter pounder. We don’t measure steaks in pounds, it’s that hamburger’s name.

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                    11 months ago

                    I don’t know any Fins, but yknow, I do know a lot of Estonians, was confidently correct I might have an idea for a reason. You just sound like you’re backpedalling now.