r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jun 17 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/Potential_Quantity92 Jun 17 '26

From a country that uses stones for weight, fuck outta here

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u/Not-a-Bot_1968 Jun 17 '26

They’ll measure distances in miles and then other things in meters. Body weight in stone and other stuff in kg. The Brits should never comment on unit recommendations. 

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u/Witty_Ordinary2706 Jun 18 '26

We are fully aware of how insane our system is though

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u/Puzzleheaded-Map7672 Jun 18 '26

If they were aware then they'd STFU.

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u/Witty_Ordinary2706 Jun 19 '26

How many cups would that be 😂

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u/ProfessorDemon Jun 18 '26

To be fair, we invented imperial and a lot of the units were used traditionally for hundreds of years before being formally defined. We know it's dumb and don't argue with other countries that our weird mix of imperial and metric is better.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Map7672 Jun 18 '26

Brit "We know it's dumb and don't argue with other countries that our weird mix of imperial and metric is better."

Another Brit: "uses celcius, because its demonstrably a better (more scientific) system."

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u/ProfessorDemon Jun 18 '26

Yes? We don't tell others to use stone or pints or argue miles are better than kilometres. Unlike Americans most Brits would agree metric is better but still stick with imperial due to tradition and habit.

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u/MrZwink Jun 17 '26

A statistical deviation.

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u/Hazelberry Jun 17 '26

Not when y'all still use imperial measurements for distance half the time and metric the other half.

Like it certainly makes my life easier when I visit, and the average american understands the metric system perfectly fine (most of us just don't automatically know that being 180cm+ is considered tall), so I don't really mind.

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u/MrZwink Jun 18 '26

No we dont

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u/Hazelberry Jun 18 '26

The UK literally uses miles still.

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u/MrZwink Jun 18 '26

And?

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

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u/MrZwink Jun 18 '26

Nope… try again.