I prefer metric to imperial, but if milk changes from pints to litres, it's probably for shrinkflation since they can shrink the bottle from 2.272L to 2L and most people won't notice.

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Tweak 2 points 3 years ago

That's exactly what happened with beer. Newky Brown was the last hold out, now even they do 500ml bottles. Some cider still has pints, but I think even they've dropped down.

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15liam20 4 points 3 years ago

"Are you measuring your knob?" should be in there somewhere.

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LillyPip 2 points 3 years ago

I always assumed guys measured in imperial because metric is numerically smaller. That may be one reason some people don’t want to switch to metric, now I think about it.

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Emperor 2 points 3 years ago

And where from. The bumhole usually.

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LillyPip 4 points 3 years ago

On the distance thing, I’ve always seen it as: if you can measure it with your body, it’s feet; else metres.

My table is two feet long, but my neighbour’s house is ten metres away. It sounds weird and maybe I’m weird, but that’s how it works in my head.

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Edlennion 4 points 3 years ago

The vegan milk part is so specific but so true!

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smeg 3 points 3 years ago

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DakRalter 2 points 3 years ago

As much as I dislike imperial, I'm still used to using Fahrenheit for body temperature. 99 mild fever, but you still have to go to school. 100 stay at home. 103+ you're dying.

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someguy3 2 points 3 years ago

Ours in Canada is only slightly simpler.

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Emperor 2 points 3 years ago

What vital bit of weights and measures do you leave out?

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Parrtytime 3 points 3 years ago

In Canada speed is always kilometres. For distance we don’t really use miles for jogging but most know the conversion if they are avid runners the rest the same. For temperatures it’s Celsius but people in border towns may use Fahrenheit. For weight for people official documents will be kilograms but most people talk in pounds, no stones. For measuring it can be both metric or imperial ie cups. For liquids it always in metric so millilitres or litres but if you go to the pub you can order pints which people think of in ounces and depending on the pub could be 14-20oz.

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Emperor 2 points 3 years ago

Yeah adding cups and ounces to the mix just makes things silly.

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Tweak 1 point 3 years ago

But which pint? Is it the US pint (440ml) or the UK pint (568ml)??

If you're using Fl Oz then it's probably the former.

However, I do concede that a can of Dr Pepper is much more satisfying at 12.5 fl oz (355ml) than the European/UK 330ml. But maybe that's also because of the fructose syrup.

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