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Reposting bc I dun goofed before

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[–] chellomere@lemmy.world 34 points 9 months ago (1 children)

At least in Sweden, decimeter and deciliter are very commonly used. They are rather convenient units of measurement.

[–] HerrBeter@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Because the Swede is reasonable, unlike the Danes

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Those actually originated in Germany but so did Danes, so potato/tomahto 🤷

They ARE quite lovely horses, though 😉

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is that a joke about the unit called an are

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I wish I was that knowledgeable lol, but no. It's a joke about the number one downside of owning a great Dane: everyone and their mom commenting about their size by saying "that's not a dog, it's a horse!" 😁

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hey! I resemble that remark!

If you REALLY want to see how unreasonable we can be, look what we've done to those poor numbers!

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah, it's really bizarre 😄