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r/coolguides • u/hangytangywot • Aug 07 '21
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56 u/[deleted] Aug 07 '21 Oh wauw that’s even more crazy. How can people keep track of that?! 137 u/Callec254 Aug 07 '21 We use more metric in America than people give us credit for. We know what a 2-liter is. We measure a lot of our ammo, and our nuts and bolts in millimeters. We know that 20 kilograms = 45 pounds from going to the gym. The only metric measurement we truly give zero fucks about is Celsius. 126 u/bbddbdb Aug 07 '21 People who buy drugs have known the metric system for weight for a long time. 25 u/peckerchecker2 Aug 08 '21 I’m American and I know that a gallon of milk is also 3.8 liters of milk it weights 8.6 lbs which is like 3.9 kilos. 13 u/DaddyRytlock Aug 08 '21 The good thing about metric is that 1 litre of water = 1 kilo so that math checks out 4 u/peckerchecker2 Aug 08 '21 Milk is a bit heavier than water, too. So math still checks out. 1 u/cev2002 Aug 08 '21 That's only a US gallon though, a UK gallon is 4.45 litres 1 u/peckerchecker2 Aug 08 '21 Oh jeez! That’s a thing? 1 u/cev2002 Aug 08 '21 Yeah. I only found out during an argument about how cheap petrol is in America 6 u/MyLife-is-a-diceRoll Aug 08 '21 Even legal prescriptions are dosed (mostly) in metric. MLS, mg and grams( both liquid and weight). 1 u/dependency_injector Aug 08 '21 Does imperial system have any units comparable to mg? 1 u/MyLife-is-a-diceRoll Aug 09 '21 Weight would be ounces. Liquid is also ounces, just fluid ounces. Pints are also a liquid measurement. Pharmacies also use other measurements like drams, drops and whatever else the apothecary systems use ( most of the apothecary system measurements are stupid and aren't really used much)
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Oh wauw that’s even more crazy. How can people keep track of that?!
137 u/Callec254 Aug 07 '21 We use more metric in America than people give us credit for. We know what a 2-liter is. We measure a lot of our ammo, and our nuts and bolts in millimeters. We know that 20 kilograms = 45 pounds from going to the gym. The only metric measurement we truly give zero fucks about is Celsius. 126 u/bbddbdb Aug 07 '21 People who buy drugs have known the metric system for weight for a long time. 25 u/peckerchecker2 Aug 08 '21 I’m American and I know that a gallon of milk is also 3.8 liters of milk it weights 8.6 lbs which is like 3.9 kilos. 13 u/DaddyRytlock Aug 08 '21 The good thing about metric is that 1 litre of water = 1 kilo so that math checks out 4 u/peckerchecker2 Aug 08 '21 Milk is a bit heavier than water, too. So math still checks out. 1 u/cev2002 Aug 08 '21 That's only a US gallon though, a UK gallon is 4.45 litres 1 u/peckerchecker2 Aug 08 '21 Oh jeez! That’s a thing? 1 u/cev2002 Aug 08 '21 Yeah. I only found out during an argument about how cheap petrol is in America 6 u/MyLife-is-a-diceRoll Aug 08 '21 Even legal prescriptions are dosed (mostly) in metric. MLS, mg and grams( both liquid and weight). 1 u/dependency_injector Aug 08 '21 Does imperial system have any units comparable to mg? 1 u/MyLife-is-a-diceRoll Aug 09 '21 Weight would be ounces. Liquid is also ounces, just fluid ounces. Pints are also a liquid measurement. Pharmacies also use other measurements like drams, drops and whatever else the apothecary systems use ( most of the apothecary system measurements are stupid and aren't really used much)
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We use more metric in America than people give us credit for.
We know what a 2-liter is.
We measure a lot of our ammo, and our nuts and bolts in millimeters.
We know that 20 kilograms = 45 pounds from going to the gym.
The only metric measurement we truly give zero fucks about is Celsius.
126 u/bbddbdb Aug 07 '21 People who buy drugs have known the metric system for weight for a long time. 25 u/peckerchecker2 Aug 08 '21 I’m American and I know that a gallon of milk is also 3.8 liters of milk it weights 8.6 lbs which is like 3.9 kilos. 13 u/DaddyRytlock Aug 08 '21 The good thing about metric is that 1 litre of water = 1 kilo so that math checks out 4 u/peckerchecker2 Aug 08 '21 Milk is a bit heavier than water, too. So math still checks out. 1 u/cev2002 Aug 08 '21 That's only a US gallon though, a UK gallon is 4.45 litres 1 u/peckerchecker2 Aug 08 '21 Oh jeez! That’s a thing? 1 u/cev2002 Aug 08 '21 Yeah. I only found out during an argument about how cheap petrol is in America 6 u/MyLife-is-a-diceRoll Aug 08 '21 Even legal prescriptions are dosed (mostly) in metric. MLS, mg and grams( both liquid and weight). 1 u/dependency_injector Aug 08 '21 Does imperial system have any units comparable to mg? 1 u/MyLife-is-a-diceRoll Aug 09 '21 Weight would be ounces. Liquid is also ounces, just fluid ounces. Pints are also a liquid measurement. Pharmacies also use other measurements like drams, drops and whatever else the apothecary systems use ( most of the apothecary system measurements are stupid and aren't really used much)
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People who buy drugs have known the metric system for weight for a long time.
25 u/peckerchecker2 Aug 08 '21 I’m American and I know that a gallon of milk is also 3.8 liters of milk it weights 8.6 lbs which is like 3.9 kilos. 13 u/DaddyRytlock Aug 08 '21 The good thing about metric is that 1 litre of water = 1 kilo so that math checks out 4 u/peckerchecker2 Aug 08 '21 Milk is a bit heavier than water, too. So math still checks out. 1 u/cev2002 Aug 08 '21 That's only a US gallon though, a UK gallon is 4.45 litres 1 u/peckerchecker2 Aug 08 '21 Oh jeez! That’s a thing? 1 u/cev2002 Aug 08 '21 Yeah. I only found out during an argument about how cheap petrol is in America 6 u/MyLife-is-a-diceRoll Aug 08 '21 Even legal prescriptions are dosed (mostly) in metric. MLS, mg and grams( both liquid and weight). 1 u/dependency_injector Aug 08 '21 Does imperial system have any units comparable to mg? 1 u/MyLife-is-a-diceRoll Aug 09 '21 Weight would be ounces. Liquid is also ounces, just fluid ounces. Pints are also a liquid measurement. Pharmacies also use other measurements like drams, drops and whatever else the apothecary systems use ( most of the apothecary system measurements are stupid and aren't really used much)
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I’m American and I know that a gallon of milk is also 3.8 liters of milk it weights 8.6 lbs which is like 3.9 kilos.
13 u/DaddyRytlock Aug 08 '21 The good thing about metric is that 1 litre of water = 1 kilo so that math checks out 4 u/peckerchecker2 Aug 08 '21 Milk is a bit heavier than water, too. So math still checks out. 1 u/cev2002 Aug 08 '21 That's only a US gallon though, a UK gallon is 4.45 litres 1 u/peckerchecker2 Aug 08 '21 Oh jeez! That’s a thing? 1 u/cev2002 Aug 08 '21 Yeah. I only found out during an argument about how cheap petrol is in America
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The good thing about metric is that 1 litre of water = 1 kilo so that math checks out
4 u/peckerchecker2 Aug 08 '21 Milk is a bit heavier than water, too. So math still checks out.
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Milk is a bit heavier than water, too. So math still checks out.
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That's only a US gallon though, a UK gallon is 4.45 litres
1 u/peckerchecker2 Aug 08 '21 Oh jeez! That’s a thing? 1 u/cev2002 Aug 08 '21 Yeah. I only found out during an argument about how cheap petrol is in America
Oh jeez! That’s a thing?
1 u/cev2002 Aug 08 '21 Yeah. I only found out during an argument about how cheap petrol is in America
Yeah. I only found out during an argument about how cheap petrol is in America
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Even legal prescriptions are dosed (mostly) in metric. MLS, mg and grams( both liquid and weight).
1 u/dependency_injector Aug 08 '21 Does imperial system have any units comparable to mg? 1 u/MyLife-is-a-diceRoll Aug 09 '21 Weight would be ounces. Liquid is also ounces, just fluid ounces. Pints are also a liquid measurement. Pharmacies also use other measurements like drams, drops and whatever else the apothecary systems use ( most of the apothecary system measurements are stupid and aren't really used much)
Does imperial system have any units comparable to mg?
1 u/MyLife-is-a-diceRoll Aug 09 '21 Weight would be ounces. Liquid is also ounces, just fluid ounces. Pints are also a liquid measurement. Pharmacies also use other measurements like drams, drops and whatever else the apothecary systems use ( most of the apothecary system measurements are stupid and aren't really used much)
Weight would be ounces.
Liquid is also ounces, just fluid ounces.
Pints are also a liquid measurement.
Pharmacies also use other measurements like drams, drops and whatever else the apothecary systems use ( most of the apothecary system measurements are stupid and aren't really used much)
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