Nearly a furlong, which - of course - is 110 fathoms. #imperialunits #xkcd

https://xkcd.com/3248/

I'm sorry, but I CAN'T COUNT unless your numbers are in UNINTUITIVE MULTIPLES [eagle screech]

https://piefed.social/c/lotrmemes/p/1998970/i-m-sorry-but-i-can-t-count-unless-your-numbers-are-in-unintuitive-multiples-eagle-scre

Liebes #Motorola Moto Wetter-Widget, warum zum Geier hast Du das Gefühl, Du müsstest mir die Schneehöhe in Zoll angeben?!? Bei den restlichen Werten schaffst Du's ja auch, moderne Einheiten zu verwenden. Und eigentlich weisst Du das auch.

#Android #MetricUnits #ImperialUnits #HinterwälderEinheiten #Inch

Cursed Units 3: The British Empire Strikes Back

A neat video that takes a look at how our systems of measurements came to be and some of the wacky units out there.

#video #youtube #physics #metric #imperialunits #history

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWbfVcDcfFw

Another funny contribution by #SMBC which adds yet another angle to the #imperialunits situation: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/measurement

#America-vecotrized #units #ftw 🤣

#USA

I love culture-insensitive conversions. "1892 pounds per 2.4 acres" 🤣

You'd assume that was AI generated nonsense, but it's a genuine scientific paper locked behind a very proper commercial firewall. Likely translated by a very cheap service.

#ImperialUnits

Serie på TV-en: "...half an acre..."

Meg: "Hvor stort er egentlig en acre?"

*åpner wikipedia*

”1 acre = 1 chain × 1 furlong”

*lukker wikipedia*

😭😭😭

#Norsktut #Allheimen #ImperialUnits

It feels like the imperial system is in over its head when we start talking about thousandths of inches.

#HamRadio #Coax #ImperialUnits #MetricSystem

Watching a Christmas classic with the family right now - how come that Americans actually use a meaningful, non-idiotic unit for measuring electricity usage?
Would not have been surprised to see something like ‘eel-jiggles-per-fortnight [EJF]’ …

#imperialunits #metric #USA

7 years ago, I wrote a blog entry about more imperial units, where I suggest new imperial units that convert somehow to metric.

https://wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpress/archives/30025

Of course, XKCD managed to present a much more compact formula that binds imperial miles to nautical miles…

https://xkcd.com/3023/

#xkcd #imperialunits #measurement #nauticalmiles