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[–] Gabu@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This meme implies there's an equal battle between MM/DD/YY and DD/MM/YY, which is nonsense. Much like imperial units, only 'murica uses MM/DD/YY.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Oi guvnah, ow many stone chu weigh?

[–] Gabu@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Only one, but it has my exact weight

[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

If you look at the calendar, you'll see that we are not in 1900 anymore.

No one I know measures their own weight in imperial.

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Talking about fuel efficiency in miles per liter 🤣

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

I have 2 stones if that's what you're asking.

[–] ehsan301@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Only slightly bigger than Australia and Western Australia is nearly twice the size of Texas..

[–] jamhandy@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

When talking about cultural mindshare I'd argue that the quantity of people matters more than the space they've been packed into

[–] emptiestplace@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Mercator can say whatever it wants, it's not involved in this discussion.

Liberia and Myanmar also use imperial units, but they're both starting to move towards metric in recent years so soon the US truly will be alone in that