• Dharma Curious@startrek.website
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      1 year ago

      Yes. Jesus, why can’t Europeans educate themselves on real measurements! We measure in feet and bald eagles for distance. We measure in shotgun shells, elbows and pounds for weight. We measure in ATNT for temperature. That’s Ambient Truck Nut Temperature, which is the temperature of a pair of truck nuts after driving for 80 bald eagles at 40 bald eagles per Active Shooter Warning, at sea level on a Wednesday. It’s not complicated.

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      1 year ago

      it’s from the Latin “libra”, for balance, like a set of scales. the £ symbol for pounds as in money is a stylised L for the same reason!

      etymology lesson over, imperial/customary gtfo resumes. metric ftw.