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Is there a pro-metric US group on Mastodon? Can't seem to find one but open to creating one if there's interest. Have personally converted to metric.

#metric #metricsystem #unitedStates

Two weeks for family, and here we are with more context for a 32k limit. Looks like the AI Agent in my head wasn't ready for the changes done in the life, or maybe I'm getting fatigued, either ways...

If you felt that the tool isn't "tooling", give a read:

https://jeferson.me/blog/2026/02/05/two-weeks-of-ai

#Agent #AI #Bash #Blog #Bubble #Claude #China #DnD #Git #MetricSystem #OpenCode #Security #Skepticism #Technology

I found a recipe that used the measurement "half an eggcup".

Half. An. Eggcup.

Please note the recipe didn't have any eggs.

Dear heck. Anything to avoid using the metric system 😂

For those wondering, it is ca. 25 ml.

#MetricSystem #What #cooking

now that it is pretty clear that the United States can't even get its government to stop shooting its own people europeans seemed to have stopped bitching about us using Farenheit #MetricSystem

@MarkHoltom
Them: What is your height?
Me: About 1.9 penguins.

#metricSystem

@dianea
Them: What is your height?
Me: About $12.

#metricSystem

lol, the thought of a cop every 10 metres on a multiple kilometre beach....

#Monsterdon #MetricSystem

A few inches is still a couple of centimeters.

#MetricVsImperial #MeasurementMatters #InchesToCentimeters #LengthConversion #MathIsFun #ScienceFacts #UnitsOfMeasurement #ConvertIt #MetricSystem #ImperialSystem

I actually hear my (Dutch) child now discuss milliards, as if they were billions, since he heard about this from US based news sources. He doesn't even know there is a difference.

This needs to be standardized, because this will lead to confusion.

Once again the US forcing false measures on the rest of the world. :-P
#MetricSystem

@signs One of my coworkers stomped into work one April morning, angry at a radio show announcement and declaring he would never give up *his* clocks for new ones with 100 minutes in an hour.

"Um, Grant? Do you know what day this is?"
#metricsystem

In another sign of how stupid this #timeline has become, apparently #centibillionaire has come to mean more than 100 billion dollars instead if the correct #hekabillionaire. #Murica taking the L on the #MetricSystem. Again!

I wish altbot had a sibling, unitbot maybe?

So when a barbarian informs that: "I caught a fish 3.5 lengths-of-a-bodypart long!11", then civilized people could ask the bot to please translate. 🙂

Many posts here start good, but then gets weird with units (and I'm sure it works both ways). The post is not quite interesting enough to start actively wondering how to perform the conversion by myself, and so the mild interest turns into mild frustration.

#Imperialsystem #metricsystem #bot

Good morning. 😴⏰☕

25 August 2025

Wow—it's in the 60s this morning. My phone says 69°F, my computer says 66°F. Both are, of course, Fahrenheit readings, because for some reason the metric system never quite took root here in the United States—except in scientific circles, where logic still occasionally prevails.

Honestly, it wouldn’t surprise me if someone tried to ban the metric system outright for being “un-American.” (That’s sarcasm, in case it wasn’t obvious.) It’s the same kind of thinking that leads to renaming international geographic features by royal decree—pointless and performative.

But maybe that’s the point. In a time when up equals down, light equals dark, and absurdity passes for virtue, it’s clear the lunatics have taken over the asylum.

“Tell people there's an invisible man in the sky who created the universe, and the vast majority will believe you. Tell them the paint is wet, and they have to touch it to be sure.” - George Carlin

#morning #metricsystem #landscape

"Two birds perch near the top of a leafless tree, their silhouettes crisp and still against a soft, overcast sky. The branches stretch upward like skeletal fingers, sparse and angular, forming a delicate lattice that frames the birds without crowding them. Most leaves have fallen—only a few linger, curled and quiet, like punctuation marks in a fading sentence.

The sky behind them is a muted gradient, shifting from pale gray to a faint, warmer hue near the horizon. It’s the kind of light that suggests either early morning or late evening—ambiguous, contemplative. There’s no sun visible, but its presence is implied, diffused behind the clouds like a secret withheld.

The birds are small but distinct, their posture alert yet calm. They face opposite directions, as if keeping watch or simply sharing a moment of quiet companionship. Their placement near the top of the frame gives them a sense of elevation—not just physical, but emotional. They are the focal point, yet they don’t dominate; they harmonize with the stark geometry of the branches and the softness of the sky.

The overall mood is one of solitude, not loneliness. It’s the kind of scene that invites reflection—on seasons, on stillness, on the quiet rituals of observation. The watermark in the corner, “© Swede’s Photographs,” is subtle and respectful, like a signature on a letter that doesn’t need to be read aloud." - Copilot

@freakonometrics Reminds me Jimmy Rees “Imperial Mesurements Explained”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDUt-Kbxqsg

#science #units #imperialMesurements #metricSystem #JimmyRees #humour

Still find it funny how the United States hasn't adopted the metric system... but...
#metricsystem

You know, the orange asshole’s isolationist and alienating policies might be just the push we need to finally abandon the #ImperialSystem of measurements in favor of the #MetricSystem worldwide.

It’s a shit situation but there’s a speck of a silver lining in that shit.

@ryanc
As a USian, I date the earliest modern sign that we were determined to destroy ourselves to 1975, when we rejected conversion to the metric system.
#US #MetricSystem

Guys, this #metricsystem thing is pretty cool. Join me in converting to it for no real good reason (or don't, its up to you - no pressure). For protest? Sure. Want to challenge yourself? Do it, bro. Simply metric-curious? Indulge your fantasies, my friend.

Like did you know a gallon is roughly 4 liters? You do now! You probably won't be surprised that I put 16 gallons (~60 liters) of fuel in my wife's car today.

My form of #protest against the #trump #regime is to adopt the #metricsystem. Screw him and his convoluted ass #imperialsystem. (sips from my 355 ml can of Spindrift) ✊

Fahrenheit lovers:
100F - Really hot
0F - Really cold

Me from India:
100F - Meh
0F - Dead

#MetricSystem #FahrenheitSucks

#metricSystem

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