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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Cubic metres. I guess they find 32m^3 less clear

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Probably whoever was writing this in plain text didn't know about the superscript numbers in unicode ³.

Somehow I've seen it written as cum multiple times in my line of, and never registered it haha

Context is a hell of a drug