SaraMGMay 1, 2023

Y'all, America desperately needs to embrace the metric system.

Fer reals.

Show threadJosh Butts
@saramg I had the same problem with drinks when visiting Germany. I saw a label in “dl” and assumed it was Deutche Liters.
May 1, 2023 at 10:31pmWeb
Show threadDerick RethansMay 1, 2023
@josh @saramg /me frowns in German 🇩🇪 :-)
Show threadSaraMGMay 1, 2023
@josh I assure you, were the Deutche Liter a unit, it would be FAR more than a mere 100ml.
Show threadDerick RethansMay 1, 2023
@saramg @josh Yeah, it would be 1000ml, or... 10cm³.
Show threadSaraMGMay 1, 2023
@derickr @josh That is the most German response I could possibly imagine.
Show threadDerick RethansMay 1, 2023
@saramg @josh I'll see that as a compliment for my teutonic tendencies.
Show threadSebastian Bergmann May 2, 2023
@derickr "Teutonic Tendencies" sounds like the name of a band that might be cool.
Show threadMartin HaſeneyerMay 2, 2023
@josh @saramg With this we try to hide that the correction factor differs by region. In Bavaria, it is either one liter or half a liter, set by state government. In Cologne it is 0.2 liter, everywhere else usually 0.33 or 0.4 liter depending on local regulations, but can vary. (We tried to unify that once for all. As we still depend on fax machines, nobody was yet able to gather all authorities for a common meeting to do so.)
Show threadAndreas KrennmairMay 2, 2023
@josh @saramg this is a Deutscher Liter, ever so slightly less than a metric liter because it is always served slightly underpoured.