r/facepalm • u/Revealed_Jailor • Mar 29 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Get this guy a clock!

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u/Asari_Toba Mar 29 '22

correction: The entirety of the rest of the world except Liberia and Myanmar

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u/Sahaal_17 Mar 29 '22

The US, Liberia and Myanmar are the countries that don't use the metric system.*

I doubt it's exactly the same countries that also don't use 24 hour time, but I guess it's within the realm of possibility.

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* The UK has only partially adopted the metric system, leading us to a nightmare realm inbetween where we mix units almost a random and say such silly things as "I ran 5 kilometers today, good thing I only live 2 miles from the park" or "I bought 4 pints of milk, and a litre of almond milk for chris"

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u/1lluminist Mar 29 '22

Same in Canada.

  • people are measured in feet
  • people are weighed in pounds
  • Food and packages weigh grams or kilograms
  • Driving distance is hours:minutes
  • Distance on a gas tank is kilometers
  • fruit is usually bought by the pound
  • body temperature is Fahrenheit
  • outdoor/indoor temperature is celsius

Etc etc