this post was submitted on 05 Feb 2025
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[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 week ago (26 children)

Americans will use anything but the metric system ... unless it's important.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 week ago (23 children)

Who says 3000 grams instead of 3 kg anyway.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (15 children)

I see millimeters listed by the thousands and hundreds all the time. It really annoys me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For me (in my native language), this means 3g, not 3 kg. :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The difference is small, but 3g != 3G.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Yeah. I was just making a stupid joke.

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