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minus-squarejanNatan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoLook, Americans are not familiar with kilograms. However, we do know grams… because… reasons.
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 months agoI guess it’s because they use to nab people for way smaller amount of drugs so they used the same unit even in case of huge haul for consistency. Still weird tho, SI units are made to be completely consistent at all times.
minus-squarejanNatan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI’m making a joke. Americans know what a kilogram is.
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoWell they did have some pretty embarassing mistakes even at NASA level, so it’s hard to tell
Look, Americans are not familiar with kilograms. However, we do know grams… because… reasons.
I guess it’s because they use to nab people for way smaller amount of drugs so they used the same unit even in case of huge haul for consistency. Still weird tho, SI units are made to be completely consistent at all times.
I’m making a joke. Americans know what a kilogram is.
Well they did have some pretty embarassing mistakes even at NASA level, so it’s hard to tell