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Australia is a slightly less alarming mash of imperial and metric measurements …
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@hacks4pancakes how is it compared to Canada?
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@hacks4pancakesClearly we have to establish a weight system based on the averag…
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@hacks4pancakes if it's like Ireland, the age of the person serving is a fa…
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@hacks4pancakes a paperclip weighs a gram. A 100 grams of something is a little…
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Oh, a tasty salad … wait, is that measured in grams? Milliliters? Ounces? Pin…
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@hacks4pancakes I saw a great video a guy did "Welcome to Australia, here …
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@Colman it DEFINITELY is in distance!!!
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@hacks4pancakes Further evidence that adults aren't running most governments
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@hacks4pancakesOn the plus side: "I would like 500 of that 14-year-aged ch…
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@zarchasmpgmr not sure! I haven’t done a lot of grocery shopping there
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@Apiary I get the math, but I’m embarrassed to ask what unit they want and ha…
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@mwl omg
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@hacks4pancakes It's simple. Just use this easy flow-chart
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@hacks4pancakes I've always ordered in grams or kilos. I doubt many under 5…
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@hacks4pancakes https://www.instagram.com/jimmyrees_?igsh=emlnZXRveDRocDRq
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@hacks4pancakes if it's any consolation, as someone who's lived in Cana…
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This would not bother someone who is not a chronic overachiever and incredibly …
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@hacks4pancakes The real (and short) answer is, "What units are used to in…
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@hacks4pancakes Pick your favorite unit and if they look weird at you, grow mor…
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@uint8_t you want how many grams of pancakes?
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@fedward @hacks4pancakes In Slovenia it's usually "half a kilo[gram] o…
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@jernej__s @fedward omg I forgot about decagrams oh no
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@hacks4pancakes harder. Good luck.
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@hacks4pancakes Make up your own units of measurements. Use a hexadecimal count…
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A kind Canadian sent me this and we will see how it holds up
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@hacks4pancakes @jernej__s @fedward hectograms are the way 😉
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@mwl @hacks4pancakes This actually happened to Jessica. https://youtu.be/brElyy…
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@hacks4pancakes Poor bastards.
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@hacks4pancakes @Apiary I'm in Canada so it's not exactly the same, but…
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@hacks4pancakes I wonder if hostility towards the US will make folks here wanna…
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@hacks4pancakes "three dozen centipints please"
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@hacks4pancakes @uint8_t Border guard coming back into Canada once asked my dad…
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@hacks4pancakes I'm the same, here in Canada (where the metric system came …
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@zarchasmpgmr @hacks4pancakes We use an ad-hoc mix of grams, pounds, pints, mil…
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@mwl @hacks4pancakes At least they give the unit for the aging time?
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@hacks4pancakes 18 lbs of ground coffee for an espresso sounds bold, but I won�…
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@hacks4pancakes That chart is really, REALLY accurate, actually. It ticked ever…
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@hacks4pancakes In Catalunya, it's a quart of this and a quart of that. Bu…
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@hacks4pancakes I had to give my weight to a surgeon yesterday. My European-bor…
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@hacks4pancakes see the British version here: https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/co…
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@mwl @hacks4pancakes > 500 Units!> Units of what? Who made this scale?!
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@hacks4pancakes IMO the mass flow could use an extra step - If it's not ver…
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@hacks4pancakes its real
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@hacks4pancakes wait, does Canada and Australia both use metric and imperial?
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@hacks4pancakes In Germany you order a pfund but get 500g. But if you need a pl…
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@hacks4pancakes accurate
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@hacks4pancakes Here in Canada, waiting in line at the deli I'll hear one p…
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@hacks4pancakes @jernej__s @fedward I work at a Liquor store here in Toronto, a…
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@hacks4pancakes For things in Canada, the chart is pretty accurate. I think the…
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@hacks4pancakes wait, Canadians don't measure distance in minutes or hours?
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@hacks4pancakes So yes, 500kg of cheese then.
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@hacks4pancakes The chart isn't entirely correct for Canada.The grocery pro…
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@hacks4pancakes The long distance one / yes says metric, but to be exact, it&…
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@tess @hacks4pancakes No: "freedom units"Now: "fascism units&quo…
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@hacks4pancakes I spent a year in Germany in college, and I still remember goin…
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@beandreams @hacks4pancakes @Apiary many years ago I decided I can order sliced…
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@jeffhorton @hacks4pancakes @Apiary That's so real too. I order a lot of th…
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@beandreams @hacks4pancakes @Apiary yes, hands are good. I've seen many gui…
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@hacks4pancakes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9XcWqBl8Xs
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@hacks4pancakes I feel like old habits in language die hard. I decided just F …
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@mwlWorst case, you get 500 of the blocks they make cheddar in at the factory, …
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@hacks4pancakes As an immigrant to Canada from a metric country I feel this in …
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@hacks4pancakesWelcome to the commonwealth. Canada was the same.
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@hacks4pancakesIf Canada is any indication, most people will know a pound is ar…
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@hacks4pancakes 20 kg of spinach? Uh... Sounds good, I guess.
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@hacks4pancakes One bushel of salad, please
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@catsalad @hacks4pancakes I mean, who couldn’t eat 20 kg of spinach before it…
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@catsalad @hacks4pancakes If you are trying to win over your neighbors buying f…
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@mwl My French teacher was heard ordering 500Kg of sausages at the supermarket …
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@catsalad @hacks4pancakes I'll take a metric of chicken, please!
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@hacks4pancakes that image doesn’t hold up, this is closer to correct but Aus…
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@hacks4pancakes @n3tn3rd legally everything is metrics in Canada but for histor…
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@b0rk @hacks4pancakes Did you mean "petite" or "moyenne"?
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@hacks4pancakes Im the same neurotic mess when I dont know the local custom for…
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@silvermoon82 @zarchasmpgmr @hacks4pancakes It's amazing how some English s…
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@DaveMWilburn @zarchasmpgmr @hacks4pancakes Part and parcel of the whole Englis…
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@reay @hacks4pancakes the chart is very “English-speaking Canada”-centric t…
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@b0rk @hacks4pancakes just moved up here and I've switched to metric and, m…
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@Colman @hacks4pancakes is there imperial unit for age!? :)
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@hacks4pancakes *sob* I DESPERATELY want a ton of recipe ingredients to be meas…
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@hacks4pancakes Incomplete (or maybe a different region of Canada than I'm …
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@hacks4pancakes I have *really* misjudged conversions at the counter before (US…
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@hacks4pancakes a stone. You won't regret eating one stone of burrito.
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@[email protected] @[email protected] reminds me of when …
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@jiub @hacks4pancakes That is A LOT of bay leaves!! 😹
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@zarchasmpgmr @hacks4pancakes Aren't there differences between French Canad…
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@jenkins @hacks4pancakes
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@hacks4pancakes I feel like this chart should be standardized.I'm not Canad…
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@catsalad @hacks4pancakes it'll cook down
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@hacks4pancakes looks simpler than the UK version
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@hacks4pancakes On a similar theme, the first time I visited the US, I was in a…
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@hacks4pancakes my deli counter order in canada when making some sandwiches is …
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@jenkins @hacks4pancakes a large salad the size of a small salad.
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@[email protected] @[email protected] yes! the other reas…
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@jiub @catsalad @hacks4pancakes Bay leaves are special sort of madness. I bough…
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@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] im…
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@reay in Germany people often use Pfund (pound) and mean 500g when buying groce…
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@n3tn3rd @hacks4pancakes officially Australia uses metric pretty much across th…
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@genericperson @hacks4pancakes The kilo price for good cheese and the kilo pric…
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@hacks4pancakes @jernej__s @fedward and don't mixup 1.) Deci (1/10)2.) Deka…
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@hacks4pancakes Have you been caught out by the Australian tablespoon measure y…
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@hacks4pancakes 🫣
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@hacks4pancakes been here 15 years and I only use metric, I've had no issue…
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@mwl @hacks4pancakes …dollars
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@hacks4pancakes I mean, back in the hellscape of America we still have “grand…
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@mfriedenhagen @hacks4pancakes So to clarify, "pfund" means "pou…
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@silvermoon82 @zarchasmpgmr @hacks4pancakes And wtf are freedom units? Never he…
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@hacks4pancakes salad is usually small, medium or large where I shop and exampl…
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@hacks4pancakes Ooh, you're at an Aus supermarket deli? Everything is price…
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@hacks4pancakes reasonably accurate, more metric used here usually though (eg o…
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@hacks4pancakes always metric for everything when ordering food. The only times…
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@b0rk @hacks4pancakes yeah that’s mostly how we order food things here in Oz,…
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@reay Right, English currency pound is translated Pfund as well but as a weight…
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@mfriedenhagen @reay @hacks4pancakes but still 2 Pfund makes 1.0 kg, not 0.9071…
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@reay https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfund 1858 the German Tax Club (precursor …
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@m It's a mocking term for US measurements.
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@reay And it is used for newborn children. My birthweight was about 8 Pfund aka…
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@hacks4pancakes We never use Fahrenheit, unless working from old cookbooks from…
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@hacks4pancakes Australian here, it will always be in grams at a deli counter. …
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@hacks4pancakes It reminds me of this graph regarding vouvoiement / tutoiement …
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@lilstevie @n3tn3rd @hacks4pancakes usually metric for everything, volume for l…
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@jpm @n3tn3rd @hacks4pancakes admittedly it’s been a while but there was sti…
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@reay @hacks4pancakes The "being for work" is more accurately titled …
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@hacks4pancakes As a lifelong Australian it generally goes like this for me:gda…
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@hacks4pancakes At the grocery counter, grams. I usually try 200 grams to start…
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@hacks4pancakes As an Australian behind the counter grocery person, it's al…
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@hacks4pancakes I like to measure speed in decahands per microfortnight.
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@hacks4pancakes @jernej__s @fedward If it helps, nobody uses dekagrams in Austr…
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@hacks4pancakes I feel like since everything in Australia is trying to kill you…
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@hacks4pancakes Depends on what you're ordering, but default: dry = grams o…
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@hacks4pancakes I was in Dublin IE recently, a fully metric country, except for…
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@hacks4pancakes travel distance is measured in hours. A very Canadian thing. �…
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@hacks4pancakes Dave Barry wrote about this probably 25 years ago:Take cole sla…
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@mwl @hacks4pancakes If you don’t care, with tasty cheddar like that, I feel …
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@hacks4pancakes it's missing "Does it relate to airplane refueling?&qu…
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@hacks4pancakes poor canadians, still using imperial a lot
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@hacks4pancakes metric for all Australian purchases and medical. Some older ppl…
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@zarchasmpgmr This might help.@hacks4pancakes
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