DearMoogle@piefed.social to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agoHandy guide for estimating portion sizesmedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down126
arrow-up120arrow-down1imageHandy guide for estimating portion sizesmedia.piefed.socialDearMoogle@piefed.social to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square22linkfedilink
minus-squareradiantshackles@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45arrow-down1·1 year agoAmericans will use anything but metric
minus-squareBluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoWe use mm more than any other country. Just ask our school kids.
minus-squarechuckleslord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoI can’t parse this. What do you mean?
minus-squareNoved@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoMm as in millimeters as in guns.
minus-squarechuckleslord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoAh. So, the joke only makes sense if you think about mm the way an American would. Understood. Kind of, but it doesn’t matter
minus-squaredmention7@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThe mano-digital system is clearly superior. Does your metric system tell you how many fingernails are in a pint? Didn’t think so! Go eat some more cheese and ride a reasonably priced train, euro-snob.
minus-squaredanekrae@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 month agoI believe the definition of an inch is 25.4 millimeters at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). So americans actually use metric, whether they like it or not. https://www.nist.gov/metric
minus-squarecertified_expert@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agoUSians. The rest of America is happy with the metric system
Americans will use anything but metric
We use mm more than any other country. Just ask our school kids.
I can’t parse this. What do you mean?
Mm as in millimeters as in guns.
Ah. So, the joke only makes sense if you think about mm the way an American would. Understood. Kind of, but it doesn’t matter
Haha, yeah that I guess eh?
The mano-digital system is clearly superior.
Does your metric system tell you how many fingernails are in a pint? Didn’t think so!
Go eat some more cheese and ride a reasonably priced train, euro-snob.
I believe the definition of an inch is 25.4 millimeters at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
So americans actually use metric, whether they like it or not.
https://www.nist.gov/metric
USians. The rest of America is happy with the metric system