Because F#CK you, metric system!

[Scientist]

It’s very simple.
1 gram equals (11-7)÷(∛515.2331*1.1•10³) pounds
and
1 degree Celsius equals 33.8 degrees Fahrenheit

[robertmckenna]

This been here yet?

Keith D Johnson (@KeithDJohnson@sfba.social)

I love how it doesn’t just choose some silly arbitrary measure to replace metric.

[subextraordinaire]

Just look at them!

[LutherBlisset]

I’m looking at them RIGHT NOW!

[L0ki]

I love that they know how to stop spelling “chihuahuas” but not how to spell “Volkswagen”.

[anon72357663]

Fluid ounces and milliliters are weights now

[BakerB]

Everest-sized ‘Devil comet’ tonight: How to see the once-in-a-lifetime 2024...

[FSogol]

“I’m not a climate change guy,” says a guy about to lose his home to climate change

Let’s just say that the ones I saw could fit 15 medium-sized bananas in a circle, surrounding the top narrower part. My husband thinks bigger, perhaps 15 larger bananas (or 20 medium-sized), so take the average? [IMG_20140712_205851_716]

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[sqlrob]

[FloridaManJefe]

grampa’s drunk again and has wandered off.

also: jeebus crikey! that’s a big pig! gotta weigh a coupla megabananas, no?

[anon67050589]

The only way he can enter a house without breaking a wall is through the overhead garage door!

[anon29537550]

Surely there is a trick of perspective here, yes? Otherwise, that is 30-50 feral hogs, in a hog suit.

[FSogol]

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[sqlrob]

[smulder]

An Ice Body the Size of France Is Mysteriously Shifting Every Day. No One Knows Why.

[FGD135]

[anon72357663]

Oh, come now. Are you going to try to convince me that 1 France isn’t a metric unit?

[bucaneer]

Yes, but 1 metric france is equal to the territory of France under the First Republic. Modern day metropolitan France under the Fifth Republic is about 0.89 metric frances.