BarqsHasBite to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 1 year agoA metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).message-square167fedilinkarrow-up1546arrow-down129
arrow-up1517arrow-down1message-squareA metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).BarqsHasBite to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square167fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squidlink16•1 year agoWhat is this metric shit? I’m an American! I measure weight in American units like the hundredweight and the truss and the slug!
minus-square@FlightyPenguinlink6•1 year agoI don’t know what a hundredweight is, but I’m just guessing based on American experience that it’s a unit of volume equal to 132 quarts.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•1 year ago1 hundredweight = (1 qt * 32) + 100.7, of course. It’s very intuitive.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•1 year agou guys mesure pressure with elephant stomps per giraffe square feet
minus-squareFlying Squidlink5•1 year agoYou say that like there’s a problem. It’s twenty three ox-marmots to the elephant-giraffe.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•1 year agoMy car gets forty rods to the hogshead and that’s the way I likes it.
What is this metric shit? I’m an American! I measure weight in American units like the hundredweight and the truss and the slug!
I don’t know what a hundredweight is, but I’m just guessing based on American experience that it’s a unit of volume equal to 132 quarts.
1 hundredweight = (1 qt * 32) + 100.7, of course. It’s very intuitive.
u guys mesure pressure with elephant stomps per giraffe square feet
You say that like there’s a problem. It’s twenty three ox-marmots to the elephant-giraffe.
My car gets forty rods to the hogshead and that’s the way I likes it.
burgers per bald eagle
Chevrolet camaros per gun.
Ar15s per school shooting.