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minus-squarepimento64@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·10 months agoThe US does use the metric system: an inch is defined as being 2.54 cm. Now it’s a metric unit.
minus-squareNasan@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·10 months agoGive em 2.54 cm and they’ll take 1.62 km.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoSee, the saying just doesn’t work in metric. “Give an inch, and they’ll take a foot. Pretty soon you don’t have a leg to stand on.”
minus-squareNasan@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoOof, yeah, I butchered that. So what would the metric unit for leg be?
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoi don’t know, I wrote the word “microsmoot” into a vifeo script the other day though.
The US does use the metric system: an inch is defined as being 2.54 cm. Now it’s a metric unit.
Give em 2.54 cm and they’ll take 1.62 km.
See, the saying just doesn’t work in metric. “Give an inch, and they’ll take a foot. Pretty soon you don’t have a leg to stand on.”
Oof, yeah, I butchered that. So what would the metric unit for leg be?
i don’t know, I wrote the word “microsmoot” into a vifeo script the other day though.