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minus-squareMr_Blott@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·edit-27 days agoAye, everyone does, not just you. But here in the other 97% of the entire fucking planet, nobody knows what a pound is
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·7 days ago.45 kg, or since (I assume) you’re a Brit, 1/14th of a stone which I find is an even crazier unit of measurement.
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·7 days agoIt’s a unit commonly used to measure weight in the UK and Ireland
minus-squareatro_city@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoImperial units were really dreamt up by the consanguins. Goodness me. And somehow the US Americans just inherited the system.
Aye, everyone does, not just you. But here in the other 97% of the entire fucking planet, nobody knows what a pound is
.45 kg, or since (I assume) you’re a Brit, 1/14th of a stone which I find is an even crazier unit of measurement.
A stone? wtf?
It’s a unit commonly used to measure weight in the UK and Ireland
Imperial units were really dreamt up by the consanguins. Goodness me. And somehow the US Americans just inherited the system.