this post was submitted on 05 Feb 2025
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[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 66 points 3 months ago (26 children)

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

[–] blackjam_alex@lemmy.world 36 points 3 months ago (23 children)

Who says 3000 grams instead of 3 kg anyway.

[–] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 months ago (15 children)

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

[–] itmosi@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] itmosi@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah. I was just making a stupid joke.

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